Penile involvement in Henoch-Schonlein purpura

Year 2006, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 8 - 9, 01.03.2006

Demir T Köken R Dogru Ö Karaca S Sen Ta

Abstract

Henoch-Schönlein purpura, the most common leukocytoclastic vasculitis of childhood, presents with a wide variety of signs and symptoms. Among genitourinary manifestations, testicular and scrotal involvement may be seen but penile involvment is very rare. Here we present a four-year-old boy who had Henoch-Schonlein purpura with penile involvment beside testicular involvement, and who had spontenous resolution on second day without treatment

Keywords

Henoch-Schonlein purpura, penil involvement

Penis tutulumu olan bir Henoch-Schonlein vaskuliti olgusu

Abstract

Henoch-Schonlein vaskuliti çok farkli belirti ve bulgularla seyreden çocukluk çaginin en sik görülen vaskulitidir. Genitoüriner sistem tutulumu nadir görülür ve daha çok testiküler tutulum seklindedir. Penis tutulumu ise oldukça nadir görülmektedir. Henoch-Schonlein vaskuliti’ne bagli testis ve penis tutulumu olan dört yasindaki bir olgu, nadir görülmesi ve tedavi verilmeksizin düzelmesi nedeniyle sunulmu stur

Keywords

Henoch-Schonlein vaskuliti, penis tutulumu

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