Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Fatal gastrointestinal bleeding due to IgA vasculitis complicated with tuberculous lymphadenitis: A case report and literature review

  • Norihito Yamauchi,
  • Shuji Tanda,
  • Saori Kashiwagi,
  • Atsunori Ohnishi,
  • Munehiro Kugai,
  • Takako Akazawa,
  • Tsuguhiro Matsumoto,
  • Junko Yamauchi,
  • Akira Muramatsu,
  • Soutaro Fujimoto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2938
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 9
pp. 1741 – 1747

Abstract

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Abstract We report a case of IgA vasculitis that developed during the treatment of tuberculosis. Patients with tuberculosis who are on antituberculosis treatment can be administered steroids for severe disease or complications.

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