A 6-year-old boy presents with a purpuric rash over the buttocks and legs, abdominal pain and arthralgia. Platelet count is normal but urinalysis show...

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A 6-year-old boy presents with a purpuric rash over the buttocks and legs, abdominal pain and arthralgia. Platelet count is normal but urinalysis shows microscopic haematuria. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Henoch-Schönlein purpura

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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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Meningococcal sepsis

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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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Kawasaki disease

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Henoch-Schonlein purpura

A 6-year-old boy presents with a purpuric rash over the buttocks and legs, abdominal pain and arthralgia. Platelet count is normal but urinalysis shows microscopic haematuria. What is the most likely diagnosis?