The most common leukocytoclastic vasculitis affecting children is –
Correct Answer: Henoch Schonlein purpura
Description: Leucocytoclastic vasculitis-
It is a cutaneous acute vasculitis characterized clinically by palpable purpura especially of the legs and histologically by the presence of leucocytoclasts (Leucocytoclasts are nuclear debris of neutrophils)
Causes of leucocytoclastic vasculitis: -
Drug-induced vasculitis
Henoch schonlein purpura
Systemic lupus erythematosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sjogren's syndrome
Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
SABE
EBV infection
HIV infection
Chronic active hepatitis
Ulcerative colitis
Retro peritoneal fibrosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
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Pediatrics
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