Successful treatment of severe gastrointestinal involvement in adult-onset Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Aman Sharma; A. Wanchu; N. Kalra; S. Singh; P. Bambery

Successful treatment of severe gastrointestinal involvement in adult-onset Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Aman Sharma, A. Wanchu, N. Kalra, S. Singh, P. Bambery

Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases

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Abstract

Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a small vessel vasculitis which is uncommon in adults. The presentations of adult-onset disease are different from those seen in childhood. The commonly-recognised serious gastrointestinal complications of childhood are less well-documented in adults. We report three cases of adult-onset Henoch-Schönlein purpura with severe gastrointestinal involvement. All were men, aged 22, 35 and 42 years, respectively. Two of these patients had evidence of mesenteric ischaemia on computed tomography of the abdomen. All three patients were successfully treated with steroids.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1047-1050
Number of pages	4
Journal	Singapore medical journal
Volume	48
Issue number	11
State	Published - Nov 2007

Keywords

Adult-onset Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Gastrointestinal disease
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Mesenteric vasculitis
Small vessel vasculitis

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Medicine(all)

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