title: Henoch-Schönlein purpura: what does the "rash" look like in the gastrointestinal mucosa?
abstract: Two patients are reported with Henoch-Schönlein purpura, one with the typical presenting sign of purpuric skin lesions, the other whose diagnosis was made on the basis of endoscopic examination in the absence of an initial cutaneous eruption.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068, USA.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Gunasekaran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005076:Exanthema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male