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Urol Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Al-Ahli Hospital, Hebron, Palestine.
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP), or IgA vasculitis, is a systemic inflammatory disorder primarily affecting children. While common symptoms include purpura, abdominal pain, and arthritis, testicular involvement is rare. We report a case of a young boy presenting with severe scrotal pain and swelling, later identified as epididymo-orchitis secondary to HSP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRes Pract Thromb Haemost
January 2025
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Background: The addition of caplacizumab to immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (iTTP) treatment options has led to a renewed interest in characterizing the epidemiology and risk factors for bleeding in iTTP. Limited data exist on the bleeding risk in iTTP due to systemic underreporting in earlier cohorts.
Objectives: To describe the incidence, patterns, and predictors of bleeding in hospitalized iTTP patients independent of caplacizumab use.
Cureus
December 2024
Nephrology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, JPN.
Thrombopoietin receptor agonists are used in addition to steroids for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. A 55-year-old male with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, treated with eltrombopag, developed a rapid decline in renal function following the increase in eltrombopag dose. Renal biopsy showed glomerular endothelial disorder and platelet thrombus, which suggested eltrombopag-induced renal-limited thrombotic microangiopathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pak Med Assoc
January 2025
Department of Rheumatology, Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) typically presents with Sicca symptoms xerostomia and xeropthalmia. This study highlights atypical presentations of Primary Sjogren's syndrome posing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Four female patients (median age 30 years, IQR = 15.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China.
Objectives: To study the significance of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH)D] level in the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of children with immunoglobulin A vasculitis nephritis (IgAVN).
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of children with IgAVN who underwent renal biopsy at Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Jinling Hospital of the Medical School of Nanjing University from June 2015 to June 2020. Based on serum 25-(OH)D level, the patients were divided into a normal group and a lower group.
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