INTRODUCTION Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a common immunoglobulin A-mediated vasculitic syndrome in children, characterized by purpuric rash, arthritis and abdominal pain. Renal involvement, manifested by the presence of hematuria and/or proteinuria, is also frequently seen. In most cases, patients with this disease achieve complete recovery, but some progress to renal impairment. Gastro-intesti...

OBJECTIVES To identify initial predictive factors of renal involvement in children and adolescents with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 142 patients admitted to our University Hospital over a 21-year period with a diagnosis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. The initial predictive factors assessed, observed during the first 3 months, included: demographic data, ...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura is one of the most common causes of systemic vasculitis. Henoch–Schönlein purpura typically affects children between the age of 3 and 10 years. The aetiology is unknown. Diagnosis includes palpable purpura (essential) in the presence of diffuse abdominal pain, acute arthritis/arthralgia, renal involvement characterized by haematuria and/or proteinuria (Ozen et al., 2006...

Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy (AHEI) is a rare leukocytoclastic vasculitis, clinically characterized by the classical triad: palpable purpuric skin lesions, edema and fever, and is commonly misdiagnosed as Henoch-Schönlein purpura. In addition to its sudden onset, AHEI is also characterized by its self-limited course with complete and spontaneous recovery occurring between 1 and 3 weeks. B...

The aetiology of acute rheumatism and acute nephritis is still not fully understood and even less is known about the Schonlein-Henoch sN-ndrome. Gairdner (1948) drew attention to certain similarities between the Schonlein-Henoch sy-ndrome. acute haemorrhagic glomerulo-nephritis. acute rheumatism and periariteritis nodosa. He suggested that an upper respiratorstract infection associated w-ith th...

INTRODUCTION Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is one of the most common causes of small vessel vasculitis in children, but sometimes may have an atypical presentation. OBJECTIVE To report an unusual case of transient cortical blindness in a patient with Henoch-Schonlein purpura. CASE A 3-year-old female child was brought with the complaint of diffuse abdominal pain and hematochezia, which was...

Henoch-Schonlein purpura is vasculitis of small blood vessels characterized by deposits of IgA immune complexes and also non-thrombocytopenic purpura, abdominal pain, arthritis and renal involvement. It affects people of all ages, but most cases occur in children between 2 and 11 years old, more frequently in boys. The disease is much less common in adults, who often have a more severe course o...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitic disorder first reported by Heberden in 1806. The association of purpura and joint pain was described by Schönlein in 1837, who termed it “peliosis rheumatica.” Henoch added a description of four children with skin lesions associated with colicky abdominal pain, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and joint pain in 1874, and in 1899 pointed out th...