Scientific articles
Tigecycline Induced Hemorrhagic Vesiculobullous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A Rare Clinical Presentation
Drug induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis is defined as the inflammation of blood vessels caused by the use of pharmacological agents. It may only affect the skin, resulting in cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis, or it may be systemic, affecting other organs such as central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, lun …
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Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus
… f a patient presenting to tertiary care hospital in southern India in 2021 who developed a rare cutaneous vasculitis secondary to infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi. After performing the Weil-Felix test, a diagnostic titre of >1:640 against OXK was obtained. Furthermore, a skin biopsy was carried out which confirmed …
Polyangiitis Overlap Syndrome: Polyarteritis Nodosa with Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Associated with Left Ventricular Thrombus and Vocal Cord Palsy: A Case Report
Polyangiitis overlap syndrome (POS) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by overlapping features of more than one well-defined vasculitic syndrome. We present the case of a 38-year-old Malay man with progressive dyspnea and palpable purpura in his lower limbs. The diagnostic evaluation revealed right-sided segmental …
Rare Association of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis in Visceral Leishmaniaisis
… tion and serology confirmed visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), while the biopsy of skin lesion suggested leukocytoclastic vasculitis. No alternate cause of vasculitis was forthcoming, and the patient was treated with conventional amphotericin B for 14 days after which resolution of symptoms (including the rash) was no …
Tenofovir-induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
… ent hepatitis B reactivation in cases of immunosuppression. We report the first case of tenofovir-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV). A 43-year-old obese woman, who was known to have inactive CHB, was diagnosed with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). She was treated with corticosteroid therapy and wa …