Chickenpox and Schönlein-Henoch purpura: a report of a case with nephropathy
Leonardi, S.; Fischer, A.; Arcidiacono, G.; Barone, P.; Ferlito, G.; Musumeci, S.
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica Medical and Surgical Pediatrics 14(5): 535-537
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-5387 PMID: 1488314 Document Number: 395477
Authors describe a child affected by chickenpox, Schönlein-Henoch purpura and nephropathy. The ecchymotic lesions were diffused in buttocks and legs and they were associated with vesicular haemorrhagic injury in the back of hands and in pavilions of the ears. They suggest that varicella-zoster virus can play a "trigger" role in etiopathogenesis of Schönlein-Henoch purpura and that this syndrome worsens the renal failure. Steroids don't improve the renal disease in the acute phase but they seem to reduce the relapses.