Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2738891 | Apunts. Medicina de l'Esport | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report the case of a 15-year-old synchronized swimmer who presented with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (also known as anaphylactoid purpura), a small-vessel systemic vasculitis believed to be the most frequent vasculitis in childhood and which mainly affects children and adolescents between the ages of 3 and 15 years. The male-to-female ratio is 2:1. In our patient, involvement was exclusively cutaneous in the form of petechiae, with several outbreaks of dermal lesions. The clinical course was benign and self-limiting and the patient required no treatment apart from rest from swimming (to prevent possible, more serious complications) and the corresponding clinical and laboratory follow-up.
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Authors
Jaume Escoda Mora, Asun Estruch Massana, Jose Antonio Gutiérrez Rincón, Fernando Pifarré San AgustÃn, Ramon Balius Matas,