Henoch-Schönlein purpura: an atypical cause of abdominal pain in a 70-year-old man: case report.
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a leukocytoclastic small-vessel vasculitis involving small vessels with the deposition of immune complexes containing immunoglobulin A and neutrophil and eosinophilic infiltration. Clinical manifestations include 4 classic signs and symptoms: skin lesions, arthralgias, abdominal pain, and renal disease. HSP primarily affects children and is uncommon in adults. However, the clinical course of HSP is more severe and prognosis worse in the adult population, despite the fact that the incidence of this disease is 20-fold lower in adults than in children. We present a 70-year-old man with HSP who has been successfully treated.
Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. aniluc@wp.pl
Anita
A
Kunicka
Piotr
P
Pruszczyk
Alicja
A
Kryst
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005938:Glucocorticoids