A 7-year-old boy presents with acute onset of non-blanching purpura on the lower limbs, abdominal pain and arthralgia. Platelet count is normal and th...

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A 7-year-old boy presents with acute onset of non-blanching purpura on the lower limbs, abdominal pain and arthralgia. Platelet count is normal and there is mild haematuria. Blood pressure is normal. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Henoch-Schönlein purpura (IgA vasculitis)

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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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Meningococcal septicaemia

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Haemophilia A

au-amc MCQ (SBA): IgA vasculitis

A 7-year-old boy presents with acute onset of non-blanching purpura on the lower limbs, abdominal pain and arthralgia. Platelet count is normal and there is mild haematuria. Blood pressure is normal. What is the most likely diagnosis?