A young female with hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis associated with a rare CNS manifestation
Safi Alqatari 1 , Manal Hasan 1 , Raed Bukhari 1 , Kawther Hadhiah 2 , Abrar Alwaheed 3 , Fatimah Alabdrabalnabi 4 * , Fatimah Al Ohaid 5 , Abdullah W Aldarwish 6
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1 Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, King Fahad University Hospital, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAUDI ARABIA2 Neurology, King Fahad University Hospital, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAUDI ARABIA3 Internal Medicine and Hematology, King Fahad University Hospital, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAUDI ARABIA4 Internal Medicine, Qatif Central Hospital, Al Qatif, SAUDI ARABIA5 General Medicine, Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Hospital, Dammam, SAUDI ARABIA6 King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA* Corresponding Author

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.

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Article Type: Case Report

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2023, Article No: em459

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/12859

Publication date: 01 Mar 2023

Online publication date: 21 Jan 2023

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