[17 year old patient with acute abdominal pain, hematochezia and exanthema]

Internist (Berl). 2005 Jun;46(6):685-9. doi: 10.1007/s00108-005-1376-y.
[Article in German]

Abstract

A 17-year old adolescent presented with abdominal pain, petechial lesions, arthralgia, and hematochezia. Abdominal ultrasound showed a suspicious ileocecal region and a lower endoscopy revealed the picture of an ileitis terminalis. The diagnosis of Purpura Henoch Schoenlein was made and confirmed by skin-biopsy showing a leucocytoclastic vasculitis. This case report demonstrates the various clinical symptoms of Purpura Henoch Schoenlein and its clinical course.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Abdominal Pain / prevention & control*
  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Exanthema / diagnosis*
  • Exanthema / etiology
  • Exanthema / prevention & control*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • IgA Vasculitis / complications
  • IgA Vasculitis / diagnosis*
  • IgA Vasculitis / therapy*
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome