title: [17 year old patient with acute abdominal pain, hematochezia and exanthema].
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.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Stadtspital Triemli Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dürr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lautenschlager
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schnider
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fliegner
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005076:Exanthema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome