A case report of Henoch-Schoenlein purpura nephritis associated with a postbulbar duodenal ulcer.
We experienced an adult patient with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura (HSP) nephritis associated with a postbulbar duodenal ulcer. Chronic inflammatory changes of the arterioles (i.e. vasculitis) in the kidney and skin were prominently observed by immunofluorescence and light microscopic analysis. It is postulated that a postbulbar duodenal ulcer occurred in this patient and was mediated by vascular deposition of circulating immune complexes. It was suggested that HSP nephritis is a diffuse vascular form of IgA nephropathy.
D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006984:Hypertrophy; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology
D007070:Immunoglobulin A