Meeting
Abstract Number: 492
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 11-year-old obese male of Micronesian descent presented with a pruritic bullous rash and bilateral lower extremity pain. Scattered non-blanching purpura started on both ankles 10 days prior and spread to his legs, back and arms accompanied by bilateral leg pain and intense pruritus. Four days prior to presentation, blisters to legs and […]
Abstract Number: 892
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: IgA Vasculitis, formerly known as Henoch-Shönlein Purpura, is a systemic vasculitis most often seen in children. We present a case of a 28 yo obese man who presented to his primary care physician with complaints of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and sore throat for twelve hours. He was diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis and […]