A young female with hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis associated with a rare CNS manifestation

  • Safi Alqatari
  • , Manal Hasan
  • , Raed Bukhari
  • , Kawther Hadhiah
  • , Abrar Alwaheed
  • , Fatimah Alabdrabalnabi*
  • , Fatimah Al Ohaid
  • , Abdullah W. Aldarwish
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This case report represents a rare case of 14-year-old female who diagnosed with hypocompementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome that presents with glomerulonephritis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The progression of the symptoms explained in the text below in which the final diagnosis was reached after a challenging approach. Patient was managed properly and followed up after treating with rituximab, although she represents no sign of the disease after a total of two cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberem459
JournalElectronic Journal of General Medicine
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • disseminated
  • encephalomyelitis
  • hypocomplementemic
  • urticarial
  • vasculitis

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