Schönlein-Henoch disease is a small vessel vasculitis resulting from IgA-mediated inflammation. It is the most common acute systemic vasculitis in childhood, mainly affecting the skin, gastrointestinal tract, joints, and kidneys. Although the prognosis of Schönlein-Henoch is generally good, gastrointestinal tract involvement is a potential complication, presenting as massive gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel infarction, perforation, as well as intussusception and peritonitis.
Keywords: abdominal pain factor XIII Schönlein-Henoch purpura ultrasound Von Willebrand associated antigen (vWF:Ag).
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