We report a rare association of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura with recurrent endocarditis in a 36-year-old man presenting with rash and renal failure. Bacterial endocarditis can be complicated by renal failure of various etiologies. Biopsy may distinguish these and guide therapy as seen in this case. Here, timely diagnosis of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura in the setting of recurrent methacillin sensitive...

Henoch-Schoenlein purpura (HSP) is a vasculitis of the small blood vessels with clinical presentation of a multi-organ involvement syndrome at variable expression in derma, intestine, articulations and kidney. Firstly identified by Heberden, Schoenlein described the purpuric and articular manifestations and Henoch the gastrointestinal and renal features. The combination of various systemic and ...

endoscopic finding in Henoch–Schönlein purpura Henoch–Schönlein purpura is a systemic vasculitis that presents with palpable purpura, abdominal pain, arthritis, and hematuria [1]. The initial clinical symptom of the characteristic purpura makes diagnosis easy. However, the disease is often under-recognized in the 10%–15% of patients in whom gastrointestinal symptoms precede the cutaneous lesion...

INTRODUCTION Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a small vessel vasculitis that affects mainly the skin, joints, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. The central nervous system is also occasionally affected, although the majority of patients experience only mild symptoms such as headaches and behavioural changes. Intracerebral haemorrhage is a rare complication of Henoch-Schönlein purpura that so far ha...

A 29-year-old man with previous Henoch-Schönlein disease presented with multiple systemic emboli and a myocardial infarction. Subsequent investigation by angiography showed normal coronary arteries. This appears to be the first reported case of Henoch-Schönlein disease and myocardial infarction probably due to coronary vasculitis.

Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a small vessel vasculitis with multi-system manifestations that commonly affects children. We describe a case of new onset Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a previously healthy 42-year-old female who required an emergency laparotomy for small bowel perforation.

OBJECTIVE To study the influence of deletion/insertion polymorphism in the 16th intron of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene on clinical manifestations of Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional study. ACE gene polymorphism was determined in patients (4-15 years old at onset) with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (n = 40) and compared with that in patients...

INTRODUCTION Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a common immunoglobulin A-mediated vasculitis syndrome in children. Henoch-Schönlein purpura can also affect adults and is probably related to malignancy. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 61-year-old Japanese man who presented for examination after an abnormal shadow was detected by chest radiography. He received a diagnosis of pulmonary adeno...

We compared the production of three chemokines; interferon-gamma-inducible protein-10 (IP-10), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and growth-related onco-gene-alpha(Gro-alpha) that attracts monocytes or neutrophils, or both, in peripheral blood at acute stage of Kawasaki disease (n=29), Henoch-Schönlein purpura (n=15) and acute febrile illnesses (n=12). The production of the chemokines ...

introduction: henoch schonlein purpura (hsp) is a self-limited systemic disease with multiorgan involvement. while cutaneous involvement may wary, presenting as itching papules is not a common manifestation. in this report we discuss a case of hsp which was presented solely with itching papules; mistaken for scabies. case presentation: a 7 year old boy presented with itchy palpable papules with...