Unusual Rash - Ace QBank Canada

An 8-year-old girl was accompanied by her mother, who complained of a rash on both her legs that she noticed several days earlier while playing outside. She had no other symptoms and denied any itching or pain. Her medical history included no significant conditions. Physical examination revealed macular, nonpalpable, extensive petechiae, and occasional patches of brownish pigmentation limited to her lower limbs, but the rest of her physical examination was normal. Lab results, including a complete blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and prothrombin and partial prothrombin time, were all within the normal range. A recent complete metabolic panel and urinalysis also showed no abnormalities. Which of the following diagnoses is most likely,

Based on the patient's history and physical examination findings?

Drug-induced vasculitis

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Hypersensitivity vasculitis

Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Schamberg’s disease

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REAL-LIFE CASES TO ENSURE YOU ARE READY FOR YOUR MCCQE1 EXAM!

Ace Qbank Clinical Edge

Making the proper diagnosis is one of the most important aspects of any medical student’s or junior doctor’s clinical training and hence we created Clinical Edge Cases.

Ace Qbank Clinical Edge helps our students put their knowledge of symptoms and physical findings to test by applying clinical reasoning and assessment concepts to a series of common clinical vignettes. Problem-based learning is being used to focus on the cause behind the presentation of a simulated clinical case.

Each simulated Clinical Edge case contains a list of common causes of the presented condition, offers abundant references to the presented case, making additional information easy to find

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