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A case of Schönlein-Henoch Purpura (SHP) in a 32 year-old female, showing gastrointestinal manifestations including acute vasculitic cholecystitis was reported. In the course of hospitalization urgent laparotomy was performed because of the severe abdominal pain. The gallbladder was inflamed with a brownish-red edematous wall and subserosal hemorrhage, and was resected. Histological examination of the resected gallbladder specimen revealed leucocytoclastic vasculitis. The patient was treated with prednisolone postoperatively, and symptoms abated over two weeks. Acute cholecystitis with SHP is extremely rare, and as far as the authors know this is the second case of this disorder documented by histological examination. Patients with acute abdomen associated with SHP should be managed with consideration of the complications of acute cholecystitis.
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An outline of this case was given at the 42nd Meeting of Chugoku-Shikoku District of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, 1984.
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Kumon, Y., Hisatake, K., Chikamori, M. et al. A case of vasculitic cholecystitis associated with Schönlein-Henoch Purpura in an adult. Gastroenterol Jpn 23, 68–72 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918859
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