A 16-Year-Old-Girl With Asthma, Palpable Purpura, and Hypereosinophilia.

Singh, Jasmine; Randev, Shivani; Kumar, Pankaj; Mahajan, Vidushi; Aggarwal, Phiza; Sharma, Aman; Guglani, Vishal · Chest · 2022

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 16-year-old girl presented to the ED with complaints of loose stools, abdominal pain, and rash over her legs for the last 7 days. There was no history of fever, vomiting, oral ulcers, or mucosal bleeds. In the past, she had received a diagnosis of asthma. She had been taking oral montelukast every day for the past year and using a formoterol-budesonide dry powder inhaler irregularly, only during episodes of acute exacerbations. There was a history of significant but undocumented weight loss. On day 3 of hospital admission, she developed numbness over her right foot.

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