Multisystemic leukocytoclastic vasculitis affecting the central nervous system.
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is a self-limiting disease with rare systemic complications in the majority of patients. This report describes a 10-year-old male with leukocytoclastic vasculitis caused by an insect bite who presented with central nervous system, lung, kidney, and gastrointestinal involvement in addition to cutaneous findings. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic examination of cerebral hematoma material. Initially, his symptoms improved with a treatment protocol including steroid, cyclophosphamide, intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasmapheresis, but the patient succumbed because of nosocomial sepsis.
Soylu
Alper
A
Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Kavukçu
Salih
S
Erdur
Bariş
B
Demir
Korcan
K
Türkmen
Mehmet A
MA
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*