ABSTRACT
The authors report the case of a four-year-old boy who, having been diagnosed as having uncomplicated Henoch-Schonlein purpura, returned five days later with a new crop of lesions and sudden onset of engorgement and oedema of the penis. Testicular and scrotal involvement has been well documented in Henoch-Schonlein purpura but involvement of the penis alone has not been widely reported.
Subject(s)
Acute Disease , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Child, Preschool , Humans , Male , Penis , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , IgA Vasculitis/diagnosisABSTRACT
One hundred and twenty nine newly registered cases of pauci-bacillary leprosy were put on Dapsone daily and Rifampicin once a month and were followed up for one year. Out of 129 cases, 108 (83.7%) were found to be clinically active at the end of one year of multidrug treatment (MDT). In 25 out of these 108 cases, skin biopsy was done and well defined granulomas were seen after therapy in 11 patients (44%).