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Henoch-Schönlein purpura with ileitis terminalis

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Gastrointestinal manifestations of Henoch-Schönlein purpura commonly include abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding as well as extraintestinal signs and symptoms. We report here on a 24-year-old man with gastrointestinal pain in whom the classical features of Henoch-Schönlein purpura appeared only 6 days after acute abdominal symptoms. At endoscopic investigation inflammation with aphthous lesions was detected at the terminal ileum, which is a common feature of Crohn's disease. The observation that vasculitic disorders such as Henoch-Schonlein purpura can present with inflammatory lesions at the terminal ileum which are indistinguishable from those of Crohn's disease underlines the potential vasculitic basis of the latter condition.

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HSP:

Henoch-Schönlein purpura

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  1. Abteilung Innere Medizin I, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Ulm, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    W. A. Scherbaum & G. Adler

  2. Abteilung Dermatologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitat Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    R. Kaufmann

  3. Abteilung Pathologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitat Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    U. Vogel

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Scherbaum, W.A., Kaufmann, R., Vogel, U. et al. Henoch-Schönlein purpura with ileitis terminalis. Clin Investig 71, 564–567 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208482

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