The ~n~phyloctoid putpUr~ is ~n ~/lergic vasOllitis which may involve the skin, joints, gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys. Although SO percent of these patients develop abdominal pain, surgic~1 complications are quite infrequent. spontaneous perforation of intestine in Henoch-schOnlein purpura is also rare and only several cases have been reported in the literature so far. Most of the case...
