Small intestine infarction in adults: Schoenlein-Henoch-syndrome with multi-organ involvement

The Henoch-Schonlein syndrome is a vasculitis presenting with purpura, poly arthritis, intestinal symptoms and glomerulonephritis. Rarely manifestation s of lung and central nervous system are seen. We describe a case of adult Henoch-Schonlein syndrome presenting with severe infarction of the small in testine followed by skin-, kidney- and central nervous system manifestation s. Good remission under immunosuppression demonstrates the effectiveness of corticosteroids even in a case of severe multi-organ manifestation of Heno ch-Schonlein syndrome.