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==Overview==
==Overview==
Henoch-Schönlein purpura is diagnosed using a biopsy of the skin and kidney.


==Biopsy==  
==Other Diagnostic Studies==
Biopsy<ref name="pmid9366584">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jennette JC, Falk RJ |title=Small-vessel vasculitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=21 |pages=1512–23 |date=November 1997 |pmid=9366584 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199711203372106 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25557596">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chen JY, Mao JH |title=Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in children: incidence, pathogenesis and management |journal=World J Pediatr |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=29–34 |date=February 2015 |pmid=25557596 |doi=10.1007/s12519-014-0534-5 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23842510">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kawasaki Y, Ono A, Ohara S, Suzuki Y, Suyama K, Suzuki J, Hosoya M |title=Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in childhood: pathogenesis, prognostic factors and treatment |journal=Fukushima J Med Sci |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=15–26 |date=2013 |pmid=23842510 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*'''Indications'''
**No rash
**[[Abnormal]] [[renal function tests]]


If there is doubt about the cause of the skin lesions, a [[biopsy]] of the skin may be performed to distinguish the purpura from other diseases that cause purpura (such as [[vasculitis]] due to [[cryoglobulinemia]]); on microscopy the appearances are of a [[hypersensitivity vasculitis]] and [[immunofluorescence]] demonstrates IgA and [[C3 (complement)|C3]] (a protein of the [[complement system]]) in the blood vessel wall.
'''Skin biopsy'''
*Light Microscopy
**[[IgA]] [[Deposition (physics)|deposition]] in postcapillary [[venules]] with [[IgA]] [[Deposition (chemistry)|deposition]] and [[leukocytoclastic vasculitis]] in is a [[pathognomonic]] microscopic feature of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura.
**Skin lesions less than 24 hrs are preferred as the chronic lesion lack the [[immunoglobulin]] isotypes essential for the diagnosis of HSP.
**A biopsy from a different skin site is taken for the [[immunofluorescent]] studies to confirm the [[diagnosis]].


Biopsy of the [[kidney]] may be performed both to establish the diagnosis or to assess the severity of already suspected kidney disease. The main findings on kidney biopsy are increased cells in the [[mesangium]] (part of the [[glomerulus]], where blood is filtered), [[white blood cell]]s, and the development of [[crescentic glomerulonephritis|crescents]]. The changes are indistinguishable from those observed [[IgA nephropathy]].<ref name="Rai1999">{{cite journal |author=Rai A, Nast C, Adler S|title=Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis |journal=J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=2637–44 |year=1999|pmid=10589705 |url=http://jasn.asnjournals.org/cgi/content/full/10/12/2637}}</ref>
'''Renal biopsy'''
*[[IgA]] [[Deposition (physics)|deposition]] in the [[mesangium]] on [[immunofluorescence]] microscopy should be differentiated from the [[IgA]] [[nephropathy]].
*Light microscopic features range from isolated [[Mesangial cell|mesangial]] [[proliferation]] to severe [[Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis|crescentic glomerulonephritis]].


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Henoch-Schönlein purpura is diagnosed using a biopsy of the skin and kidney.

Other Diagnostic Studies

Biopsy[1][2][3]

Skin biopsy

Renal biopsy

References

  1. Jennette JC, Falk RJ (November 1997). "Small-vessel vasculitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (21): 1512–23. doi:10.1056/NEJM199711203372106. PMID 9366584.
  2. Chen JY, Mao JH (February 2015). "Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in children: incidence, pathogenesis and management". World J Pediatr. 11 (1): 29–34. doi:10.1007/s12519-014-0534-5. PMID 25557596.
  3. Kawasaki Y, Ono A, Ohara S, Suzuki Y, Suyama K, Suzuki J, Hosoya M (2013). "Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in childhood: pathogenesis, prognostic factors and treatment". Fukushima J Med Sci. 59 (1): 15–26. PMID 23842510.

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