Henoch-Schönlein purpura: report of case

A case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a man has been presented. The patient was a typical candidate for the disease, with a history of major allergies and antecedent events of an upper respiratory infection and ingestion of at least two drugs previously implicated as etiologic agents. However, no specific allergen was identified and tests to verify it as an example of a circulating immune complex disease were not successful. The patient had many of the commonly found symptoms of HSP and additionally had the rare complications of both genital involvement and intraoral lesions. The disease ran its course in approximately eight weeks; there is little reason to believe that the patient will have a recurrence.