1988 Volume 30 Issue 11 Pages 2633-2641
A sixteen-year-old male was admitted for epigastralgia and vomiting. The endoscopic examination showed edema, redness and arosions mainly in the pyloric antrum. The patient was prescribed cimetidine and the gastric lesions were healed one month later. After five months he was re-admitted with the same symptoms as before, as well as leg purpura. The endoscopic examination revealed the similar lesions as before in the stomach and the duodenum. The patient was dignosed as recurrent attacks of SHP, and he was prescribed com-bined medication of predonisolone and cimetidine. Two months later, the patient was discharged with a complete remission of gastrointestinal symptoms.
