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Fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in Henoch-Schönlein purpura. 1979

V F Weiss, and S Naidu

An unusual case of an eight year old boy with Henoch-Schönlein purpura in whom fatal pulmonary hemorrhage developed resulting from leukoclastic vasculitis of the lungs is presented herein.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008171	Lung Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.	Pulmonary Diseases,Disease, Pulmonary,Diseases, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Disease,Disease, Lung,Diseases, Lung,Lung Disease
D008297	Male		Males
D011695	IgA Vasculitis	A systemic non-thrombocytopenic purpura caused by HYPERSENSITIVITY VASCULITIS and deposition of IGA-containing IMMUNE COMPLEXES within the blood vessels throughout the body, including those in the kidney (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS). Clinical symptoms include URTICARIA; ERYTHEMA; ARTHRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; and renal involvement. Most cases are seen in children after acute upper respiratory infections.	Allergic Purpura,Anaphylactoid Purpura,Henoch Purpura,Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura,Purpura Hemorrhagica,Purpura, Nonthrombocytopenic,Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch,Rheumatoid Purpura,Schoenlein-Henoch Purpura,Vasculitis, Hemorrhagic,Henoch Schonlein Purpura,Henoch-Schonlein Purpura,Purpura, Nonthrombopenic,Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch,Hemorrhagic Vasculitis,Hemorrhagica, Purpura,Henoch Schoenlein Purpura,Henoch Schonlein Purpuras,Henoch-Schonlein Purpuras,Nonthrombocytopenic Purpura,Nonthrombopenic Purpura,Nonthrombopenic Purpuras,Purpura, Allergic,Purpura, Anaphylactoid,Purpura, Henoch,Purpura, Henoch Schonlein,Purpura, Henoch-Schoenlein,Purpura, Henoch-Schonlein,Purpura, Rheumatoid,Purpura, Schoenlein Henoch,Purpura, Schonlein Henoch,Purpuras, Henoch Schonlein,Purpuras, Henoch-Schonlein,Purpuras, Nonthrombopenic,Purpuras, Schonlein-Henoch,Schoenlein Henoch Purpura,Schonlein Purpura, Henoch,Schonlein Purpuras, Henoch,Schonlein-Henoch Purpura,Schonlein-Henoch Purpuras,Vasculitis, IgA
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006470	Hemorrhage	Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.	Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man