title: Benign hypergammaglobulinemic purpura in a patient with ulcerative colitis and peripheric arthritis.
abstract: A 32-year-old patient is described presenting with ulcerative colitis and oligoarthritis who later developed benign hypergammaglobulinemic purpura. This diagnosis was confirmed by clinical investigation, immunological findings as well as by histological and immunofluorescent examination. He was successfully treated with steroids and azathioprin. The relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pavelka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alusík
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lukás
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukás
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mirejovský
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zloský
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brückle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011694:Purpura, Hyperglobulinemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone