Henoch-Schönlein purpura commonly occurs in children at about age five. There is no known etiologic agent. The illness is characterized by skin rash, joint pain, edema and gastrointestinal symptoms. Laboratory tests are not diagnostic. Although there is no specific treatment, steroids may help prevent serious gastrointestinal complications. Prognosis is good, except for those patients with adva...

1 of 1 DESCRIPTION A 63-year-old man with a history of intermittent vasculitic rash presented with an acute abdomen. Findings at laparotomy were consistent with patchy serosal small vessel vasculitis. The patient was well and walking around the ward 24 h later after intravenous methylprednisolone. In this case no biopsy was taken. The diagnosis was made clinically given the history of intermitt...

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between children's chronic tonsillitis and Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP). We randomly selected 56 cases of HSP children with chronic tonsillitis during December 2009 to December 2012, 26 cases for surgery group and 30 cases for non-surgery. The duration of abdominal pain and rash, 24 hours urine protein quantity, urine red blood cell count,...

We report a 16-year-old previously healthy boy who was admitted to hospital with fever, constitutional symptoms, purpura, additive arthritis, dysentery, rapid progressive renal failure, resembling Henoch- Schuenlein purpura, accompanied with retropharyngeal abscess. Kidney biopsy revealed rapid progressive glomerulonephritis with crescent formation, without immune deposition in immune fluoresce...

bacterial and viral triggers are suspected agents in the initial etiology of autoimmune diseases. there are some studies on the etiology of autoimmune disorders which have focused on streptococcal infection and a possible relation with microbial heat shock proteins (hsp) which show significant homology with human heat shock proteins. in addition, some serotypes of streptococci cross-react with ...

The purpuras of Henoch and Schonlein have usually been described together under the term ' anaphylactoid purpura." It is only in recent times, however, that papers on their pathology have appeared in which a definite lesion, which is common to both conditions, is described. This consists of an arteriolitis which, in severe cases, is necrotizing. It is now reasonably well established that the Sc...

Although a few textbooks persist in describing separately 'Schonlein's purpura' and 'Henoch's purpura' the recognition of the Schonlein-Henoch syndrome as a disease entity cannot now be disputed. The characteristic exanthem, the frequent occurrence of arthritis and intestinal symptoms, together with the possibility of renal damage, are well known. Serious neurological complications of this cond...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common vasculitic disease of childhood. It is a multisystem disease most commonly aVecting skin, joints, gastrointestinal tract, and kidneys, but other organs may be aVected. Epidemiological studies have shown HSP to have an annual incidence of approximately 13.5–18/ 100 000 children. 2 Although this is a condition that can occur from age 6 months to a...