A Case of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura in a Patient withRheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis.
10.4078/jkra.2007.14.2.171
- Author:
Suho KIM
1
;
Jae Rak CHUNG
;
Eun Ha KANG
;
Churl Hyun IM
;
Eun Young LEE
;
Yun Jong LEE
;
Yeong Wook SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ysong@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Henoch-Schonlein purpura;
Rheumatoid arthritis;
Thyroiditis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Arthralgia;
Arthritis*;
Arthritis, Rheumatoid;
Autoimmune Diseases;
Child;
Hashimoto Disease*;
Humans;
Immunoglobulin A;
Kidney;
Korea;
Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch*;
Skin;
Thyroiditis;
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune;
Vasculitis
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
2007;14(2):171-175
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a small-vessel vasculitis involving skin, gut, and kidney associated with arthralgia, arthritis and characterized by immunoglobulin A (IgA)-dominant immune deposits in target organs. This vasculitis is common in children and rarely reported to be associated with other autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune thyroiditis. We report the case of 72 year-old man who developed adult-onset HSP and also had rheumatoid arthritis and chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. This is the first report in South Korea.
