The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2010 , Vol 52 , Num 2
Acute Pancreatitis as a Presenting Feature of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Departments of 1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and 2Pediatric Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayıs
University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common small vessel vasculitis
of childhood. It is characterized by nonthrombocytopenic palpable purpura,
abdominal pain, arthritis, and glomerulonephritis. Although HSP is typically
known to be self-limited, serious complications can occur. Acute pancreatitis
rarely presents as a complication of HSP. It is even rarer as an initial presenting
feature of HSP, before the occurrence of characteristic palpable purpura.
Herein, we report a 12-year-old girl with HSP who atypically presented with
acute pancreatitis.
Keywords :
child, complication, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, pancreatitis.