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Haemorrhagic bullous lesions in a 3‐year‐old girl with Henoch–Schölein purpura
Author(s) -
Park Sung Eun,
Lee Jun Ho
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02355.x
Subject(s) - medicine , purpura (gastropod) , henoch schonlein purpura , dermatology , girl , nephritis , vasculitis , abdominal pain , arthritis , palpable purpura , corticosteroid , surgery , pathology , psychology , ecology , developmental psychology , disease , biology
Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common vasculitis in children and is characterized by cutaneous purpura, arthritis, abdominal pain and nephritis. We report a case involving a 3‐year‐old girl with HSP who displayed rapidly evolving haemorrhagic bullae from primary purpuric lesions during systemic corticosteroid therapy. Conclusion: The bullae disappeared within 7 days of systemic corticosteroid therapy, although some scarring of the skin occurred. Also, bullae should not be considered as a poor prognostic factor of renal outcome in HSP.