Adult Henoch-Schönlein Purpura: Comprehensive Assessment of Demographic, Clinical, and Histopathological Features as Predictors for Systemic Involvement.

Autor: Hammad H; Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.; Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel., Krausz J; The Institute of Tissue Diagnostics and Cancer Research, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel., Barcan M; Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel., Fisher S; Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, shanifisher@mail.tau.ac.il., Edison N; The Institute of Tissue Diagnostics and Cancer Research, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel., Ziv M; Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.; Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) [Dermatology] 2023; Vol. 239 (4), pp. 609-615. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 05.
DOI: 10.1159/000530820
Abstrakt: Background: Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a small-vessel IgA-predominant vasculitis. A major challenge in managing adult HSP is the difficulty assessing the risk of systemic involvement. There is currently a paucity of data in this area.
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine demographic, clinical, and histopathological features associated with systemic involvement in adult HSP.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we reviewed demographical features and clinical and pathology data of 112 adult HSP patients seen at Emek Medical Center between January 2008 and December 2020.
Results: Of these patients, 41 (36.6%) had renal involvement, 24 (21.4%) had gastrointestinal tract involvement, and 31 (27.7%) had joint involvement. Age >30 years (p = 0.006) at diagnosis was an independent predictor of renal involvement. Platelet count (<150 K/µL) (p = 0.020) and apoptosis of keratinocytes on skin biopsy (p = 0.031) were also associated with renal involvement. History of autoimmune disease (p = 0.001), positive c-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (p = 0.018), positive rheumatoid factor (p = 0.029), and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p = 0.04) were associated with joint involvement. Female sex (p = 0.003), Arab race (p = 0.036), and positive pANCA (p = 0.011) were associated with gastrointestinal tract involvement.
Limitations: This study is retrospective.
Conclusion: These findings may serve as a guide to stratify risk in adult HSP patients so that those at higher risk can be monitored more closely.
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Databáze: MEDLINE