Open AccessHenoch-Schonlein purpura with intestinal perforation and cerebral hemorrhage: A case report
Author(s) -
Hong-Liang Wang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i16.2574
Subject(s) - medicine , henoch schonlein purpura , perforation , purpura (gastropod) , pathological , mesentery , surgery , diaphragm (acoustics) , gastroenterology , vasculitis , ecology , materials science , disease , physics , biology , acoustics , loudspeaker , punching , metallurgy
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) with intestinal perforation and cerebral hemorrhage is a very rare clinical condition. There has been no report of HSP complicated with both intestinal perforation and cerebral hemorrhage until October 2012. Here we describe a case of HSP with intestinal perforation and cerebral hemorrhage in a 5-year-old girl. Plain abdominal radiograph in the erect position showed heavy gas in the right subphrenic space with an elevated diaphragm. Partial resection of the small intestine was performed, and pathological analysis suggested chronic suppurative inflammation in all layers of the ileal wall and mesentery. Seventeen days after surgery, cerebral hemorrhage developed and the patient died.