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Henoch-Schönlein Purpura in a Disseminated Tuberculosis Patient
Clinical Endoscopy 2003;26(1):35-38.
DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: January 30, 2003
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a systemic leukoclastic vasculitis and involves small vessels resulting in vasculitis. Major pathogenetic mechanism of Henoch-Schönlein purpura has not been still elucidated. Possible causes, however, may be associated with viral infection, bacterial infection, exposure to drugs and toxins, systemic diseases and carcinomas. Henoch-Schönlein purpura rarely develops in patients with tuberculosis, though there have been some reports on the development of this syndrome during antituberculous therapy. A 24-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of diffuse abdominal pain, lower leg purpura and disseminated tuberculosis involving lung, duodenum, colon and lumbar spine and diagnosed as Henoch-Schönlein purpura with disseminated tuberculosis. Henoch-Schönlein purpura developed before antibuberculous therapy and antituberculous treatment was effective both in disseminated tuberculosis and Henoch-Schönlein purpura. We concluded that disseminated

tuberculosis might be a cause of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2003;26:35⁣38)


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