HSP or not HSP... that is the question.
The authors report on the case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with a vasculitic process primarily involving the skin, joints and kidneys, which was initially presumed to be a variant of Henoch-Schonlein purpura. When the disease process behaved in a more aggressive way than expected, with the rapid onset of acute renal failure, further investigation revealed the underlying diagnosis to be that of Wegener's granulomatosis.
Department of Paediatrics, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, UK. davidcordiner@aol.com
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Clair A
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Evans
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Morrice
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*