title: Multisystemic leukocytoclastic vasculitis affecting the central nervous system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kavukçu
authors.forename: Bariş
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erdur
authors.forename: Korcan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Mehmet A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Türkmen
mesh_terms: 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*