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Pediatric dermatology · Mar 2005
Case ReportsHenoch-Schönlein purpura in a child with hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome.
- Jonathan E Wickiser and Frank T Saulsbury.
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
- Pediatr Dermatol. 2005 Mar 1; 22 (2): 138-41.
AbstractThis report describes a 3-year-old girl with a long history of periodic fever who presented with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. She was diagnosed with hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome by means of mutation analysis of the mevalonate kinase gene. The serum IgA concentration was markedly elevated, but the serum IgD concentration was normal. This report emphasizes that Henoch-Schönlein purpura may be an important clinical feature of hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome. In addition, this syndrome should be considered in patients with Henoch-Schonlein purpura in whom there is a history of recurrent fevers, even when the serum IgD concentration is normal.
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