In spite of the universal use of sulphonamides there have apparently been reports of the occurrence of purpura following their administration on only twenty-two occasions. In fourteen cases the thrombocytes were found to be reduced in number, absent from blood films or below 100,000 per c.mm.; in four cases the thrombocyte count exceeded 125,000 per c.mm. and in four the count was not recorded....

Henoch-Schoenlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic disorder characterized by a leukocytoplastic vasculitis involving small vessels with the deposition of immunoglobulin A (IgA) immune complexes. Renal involvement is the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in children with HSP. We report here an 11-year-old boy with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) accompanied by recurrent purpura an...

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background: immune thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a disease characterized by decrease of the peripheral blood platelet count. the disease presents in acute and chronic forms. because of the importance and high prevalence of itp, it was decided to study the therapeutic response of patients with itp. material and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted at ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. ...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitic disorder first reported by Heberden in 1806. The association of purpura and joint pain was described by Schönlein in 1837, who termed it “peliosis rheumatica.” Henoch added a description of four children with skin lesions associated with colicky abdominal pain, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and joint pain in 1874, and in 1899 pointed out th...

Purpura fulminans is a rapidly progressive syndrome of small-vessel thrombosis and hemorrhagic necrosis of the skin accompanied by disseminated intravascular coagulation. We describe a case of Streptococcus pneumoniae septicemia in an asplenic 5-year-old boy on oral tacrolimus, with a past medical history of multivisceral organ transplantation and subsequent development of purpura fulminans on ...

Anaphyactoid purpura or HenochSchonlein purpura, a common vasculitis in children, is characterized by non-thrombocytopenic purpura, arthritis or arthralgia, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and nephritis. The immunopathology of these lesions is that of leukocytoclastic vasculitis characterized by deposition of immunoglobulin A and complement 3, but is often accompanied by IgG, IgM, f...

A 61-year-old woman presented with acute lower abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and purpura on the right thigh (●" Fig.1). Urgent sigmoidoscopy revealed edema and multiple hyperemic ecchymotic lesions in the sigmoid colon and rectum (●" Fig.2), which appeared reddish on viewing with conventional white light and cyan on narrow-band imaging (NBI) (●" Fig.3). These lesions were indicative of bleed...

INTRODUCTION Kleine-Levin syndrome is an extremely rare neurological entity characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia which are sometimes associated with compulsive hyperphagia and behavioral changes. Autoimmunity has recently been proposed as a factor contributing to its pathogenesis. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is a relatively common autoimmune disease showing a lot of complexity...