A 5-year-old boy is brought with a 1-day history of fever, non-blanching purpuric rash on legs and buttocks, abdominal pain and arthralgia. He is haem...

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A 5-year-old boy is brought with a 1-day history of fever, non-blanching purpuric rash on legs and buttocks, abdominal pain and arthralgia. He is haemodynamically stable. Urinalysis shows microscopic haematuria. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Henoch–Schönlein purpura (IgA vasculitis)

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Meningococcal septicaemia

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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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Kawasaki disease

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Henoch–Schönlein purpura

A 5-year-old boy is brought with a 1-day history of fever, non-blanching purpuric rash on legs and buttocks, abdominal pain and arthralgia. He is haemodynamically stable. Urinalysis shows microscopic haematuria. What is the most likely diagnosis?