Henoch Schonlien Purpura, is the most common non granulomatous ,immune complex mediated small vessel vasculitis in children involving multiple organs. HSP nephritis is reported to occur in 20-80% of patients and characterized by mesangial or mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis with varying degree of hypercelullarity. On Immunofluorescence it is characterized by granular deposits of IgA and to lesser extent IgG or IgM. Full house immunofluorescence with deposits of IgG,IgM.IgA. C3, C4, C1q,kappa and lamda. is commonly reported in Lupus and is not a characteristic picture of HSP nephritis . Our patient is a seven year old girl who presented with edema over dorsum of hands and feet, arthritis and immune complex mediated rapidly progressive nephritis with full house picture on immunofluorescence.
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