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Aim: Henoch Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is a common systemic vasculitis of the childhood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings of 33 children with HSP. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 33 children with HSP were reviewed retrospectively. Clinical findings were purpura, abdominal pain, and arthralgia; laboratory findings were increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, decreased serum C3 levels, leukocytosis, blood in the stool, hematuria, proteinuria. Results: Among the 33 patients enrolled in the study, 16 were males (48,4%) and 17 were females (51,6%). The mean age was 7.1±1.6 years. Twenty-seven (81.8%) patients had purpuric skin lesions, 5 (15.1%) had arthritis/arthralgia, 8 (24,2%) had renal involvement. Among the patients who had renal involvement 2 had proteinuria and 5 patients had microscopic hematuria. The most common localization of skin lesions was lower extremities and particularly ankles. Conclusion: Purpuric skin lesions were the most common symptoms, followed by arthritis and arthralgia and renal involvement. Seasonal distributions, genders and ages of the patients were consistent with the literature. Although clinical findings showed a variation among the patients, almost all patients presented the cardinal features of HSP.

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