Abstract

NAKANDAKARI, Mayron D.; MARIN-MACEDO, Hamilton  and  SEMINARIO-VILCA, Raúl. IGA vasculitis (henoch schönlein purpura) in a pediatric patient with COVID-19 and strongyloidiasis. Case report. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1, pp.199-205. ISSN 1814-5469.  http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v21i1.3265.

Vasculitis is a rare disease in children, with IgA Vasculitis being its most common presentation. One condition that is not yet under-researched is the likely association of IgA vasculitis-like processes with SARS-CoV-2 infection. It is presented the case of a four-year-old patient who healed with palpable purplish lesions to lower limb predominance, acute abdominal pain, and episodes of high digestive hemorrhage. Initially listed as a possible severe dengue and leptospirosis, but clinically and laboratorially associated with IgA vasculitis. It was SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG: Reactive. And in parasitological study was identified Strongyloides stercoralis. Symptomatology subsided after administration of corticotherapy and the evolution was favorable. In conclusion, it was presented a rare case in the pediatric population, probably associated with the still unknown effects and damage of COVID-19 in the current pandemic.

Keywords : Vasculitis; Henoch Schönlein purpura; Coronavirus; Strongyloidiasis; Pediatrics (source: MeSH NLM)..

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