title: An adult case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura complicating common peroneal nerve mononeuropathy.
abstract: We present an adult patient with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura who developed mononeuropathy in the common peroneal nerve. Upon admission, the patient had palpable purpura in the arms and legs, polyarthralgia, abdominal pain, and leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the skin biopsy. These symptoms disappeared with 30 mg daily of oral prednisolone. One month later, after induction therapy, fever, livedo reticularis and peripheral mononeuropathy developed with hypocomplementemia and the patient was treated successfully with glucocorticoid pulse therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Research Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnuma
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hosono
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Noritada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayose
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oyaizu
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Chikao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morimoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D020427:Peroneal Neuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids