01-12-2021 | IgA Vasculitis | Brief Report
Gastrointestinal involvement in IgA vasculitis: a single-center 11-year study on a cohort of 118 children
Published in: Clinical Rheumatology | Issue 12/2021
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Key Points • The present retrospective study describes a cohort of 118 patients hospitalized for gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV) at a tertiary care children’s hospital from January 2010 to December 2020. • The most frequent GI manifestations were abdominal pain (96%), vomiting (58%), and diarrhea (17%). GI bleeding was reported in 71% of children, and it was occult in most cases. • GI complications, occurring in 18% of cases, were intussusception (14%), appendicitis (3%), gallbladder hydrops (2%), and ileal perforation (1%). • Steroid treatment has been successfully used in severe GI manifestations; however, our data do not support its association with low relapse risk. |