tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Henoch-Schönlein purpura with intracerebral haemorrhage in an adult patient: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Henoch-Schönlein purpura with intracerebral haemorrhage in an adult patient: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Henoch-Schonlein purpura with intracerebral haemorrhage in an adult patient a case report Lazarus Karamadoukis 1 Linmarie Ludeman2 and Anthony J Williams3 Address rrhe Richard Bright Renal Unit Southmead Hospital Westbury upon Trym Bristol BS10 5NB UK 2Department of Histopathology Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Great Western Road Gloucester GL1 3NN UK and 3Cotswold Dialysis Centre Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Great Western Road Gloucester GL1 3NN UK Email Lazarus Karamadoukis - Linmarie Ludeman - Anthony J Williams - Corresponding author Published 12 June 2008 Received 20 December 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 200 doi 1752-1947-2-200 Accepted 12 June 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 200 2008 Karamadoukis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a small vessel vasculitis that affects mainly the skin joints gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. The central nervous system is also occasionally affected although the majority of patients experience only mild symptoms such as headaches and behavioural changes. Intracerebral haemorrhage is a rare complication of Henoch-Schonlein purpura that so far has mainly been described in children and young adolescence. Case presentation We describe a 42-year-old man with Henoch-Schonlein purpura who developed an acute intracerebral haemorrhage that coincided with a reactivation of his vasculitis and the development of renal failure