Though hypertension is a common feature of Henoch: Schönlein purpura (HSP) acute nephritis, it is seen only rarely and transiently if renal function is normal and abnormal urinary findings are minimal. We report a 3.4 year old girl who had the typical arthritis and rash of HSP, but also had significant hypertension with only minimal urinary findings. Imaging investigations revealed one normal k...

henoch-schönlein purpura nephritis and iga nephropathy are currently considered to be different clinical presentations of the same disease. there is need for a reliable proven, morphologic classification that can help clinicians more accurately formulate treatment strategies for patients with henoch-schönlein purpura nephritis. considering that henoch-schönlein purpura nephritis and iga nephrop...

A 59-year-old woman was admitted to the dermatology section for a skin eruption. She was initially diagnosed as having a drug-induced skin rash. Endoscopic examination performed for severe abdominal pain and melena revealed a reddish elevated lesion with an ulceration on the top in the descending part of her duodenum (Picture 1). While a duodenal tumor was suspected, a biopsy was not performed ...

Introduction About 100 cases of AHEI have been published in medical literature worldwide. Although initially considered a variant of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), it is now considered a separate entity: in fact it shows infrequently visceral involvement and IgA skin depositions. Furthermore these patients show a better prognosis than HSP patients. Onset age for AHEI usually ranges between 4 a...

We aimed to investigate differences in clinical manifestations and outcomes between adult and child patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), and to analyze the factors associated with poor prognosis for HSP nephritis. This retrospective 10-yr study enrolled 160 patients with HSP who visited Severance Hospital. Purpura was mostly detected in lower extremities, but purpura in upper extremiti...

We report a patient who developed Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) 5 years after she presented with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). A 10-year-old Japanese female was identified with proteinuria and hematuria by a school urinary screening. The first renal biopsy showed mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with immunofluorescent findings consistent with IgAN. She was treated with prednis...

BACKGROUND Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitic disorder commonly affecting young children. Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is frequently seen, and it varies from mild symptoms to severe complications. METHODS In the 5 years from July 1995 to June 2000, 208 children were diagnosed with HSP in our hospital. There were 116 males and 92 females with ages ranging from 9 month...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura is the most common systemic vasculitis of childhood. In the majority of children, the outcome of Henoch-Schönlein purpura is excellent with spontaneous resolution of symptoms and signs. However, a small subset of patients will develop long-term sequelae in the form of chronic kidney disease. While the clinical presentation and diagnosis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura is st...

Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitis mediated by IgA and characterized by the clinical triad of non-thrombocytopenic palpable purpura, abdominal pain, and arthritis. In addition, there may be varying degrees of renal involvement. It is the most frequent vasculitis in children and the incidence in adults varies from 3.4 to 14.3 cases per million, depending upon the experimenta...