Duodenal Perforation in a Child with Henoch- Schoenlein Purpura.
- Author:
Ji Won KIM
1
;
Ji Woong CHO
;
Jae Pil JUNG
;
Byung Chun KIM
;
Bong Wha CHUNG
;
Kyung Suk CHUNG
;
Tae Kyung SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea. jwcho7@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Henoch-Schoenlein purpura;
Duodenal perforation
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adrenal Cortex Hormones;
Arthralgia;
Arthritis;
Child*;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Glomerulonephritis;
Humans;
Infarction;
Intussusception;
Male;
Necrosis;
Prognosis;
Purpura*;
Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2006;71(4):312-314
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Henoch-Schoenlein purpura is predominantly a childhood disease with good prognosis. It is characterized by nonthrombocytopenic purpura, arthritis, arthralgia, gastrointestinal symptoms and glomerulonephritis. Abdominal pain is the most common gastrointestinal symptom, however, some patient with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura have gastrointestinal major surgical complication such as intussusception, bowel infarction, necrosis, stricture and perforation. We report a case of duodenal perforation in a 6-year-old boy with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura, being treated with corticosteroids.
