Table 2 Diagnostic criteria for Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
From: The clinical implications of adult-onset henoch-schonelin purpura
The European League Against Rheumatism and Paediatric Rheumatology European Society criteria - 2006 | |
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Mandatory criterion: Palpable purpura with lower limb predominance | |
Plus at least one of the following criteria: | |
1. | Diffuse abdominal pain |
2. | IgA deposition in any biopsy |
3. | Arthritis/arthralgia |
4. | Renal involvement (hematuria and/or proteinuria) |
American College of Rheumatology criteria--1990 | |
Two or more of the following criteria are needed | |
1. | Age 20 years or less at disease onset |
2. | Palpable purpura |
3. | Acute abdominal pain with gastrointestinal bleeding |
4. | Biopsy showing granulocytes in the walls of small arterioles or venules in superficial layers of skin |