title: Colonic involvement in adult patients with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura.
abstract: Henoch-Schoenlein purpura is a haemorrhagic syndrome, rare in the adult but well known in paediatric pathology. The clinical manifestations are usually: arthralgia, skin rash, renal and gastrointestinal involvement. Although the small bowel is more frequently involved, cases of oesophageal, gastroduodenal and colo-rectal localization have been rarely reported. We describe endoscopic features of two cases of Henoch-Schoenlein syndrome with extensive colonic involvement. No previous endoscopic documentation of this localization has been reported in our available literature.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology