1990 Volume 51 Issue 7 Pages 1515-1518
We experienced a case of intussusception associated with Schonlein-Henoch purpura. A one-year-old boy who had been admitted with complaints of abdominal pain and tarry stool was diagnosed as Schonlein-Henoch purpura. During medical treatment he had a sudden ileus and was diagnosed as intussusception by a barium enema study. Operation revealed an ilio-colic type intussusception. The postoperative couse was uneventful by giving blood coagulation factor XIII. Recently there were some reports of a specific decrease of coagnulation factor XIII in children with Schonlein-Henoch purpura, and this case also showed a remarkable decrease. Thus it was suggested that the blood coagulation factor XIII regimen was effective for surgical complication of Schonlein-Henoch purpura.
