Figure 4
From: An adult patient with Henoch-Schönlein purpura and non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia
Treatment and clinical course. Top panel, doses and schedules of drug therapies. Middle panels, clinical findings. Abdominal pain and melena appeared after improvement of purpura and before treatment with steroid and immunosuppressants. The patient’s melena and proteinuria did not improve after treatment with steroids, cyclophosphamide, infusion of RCC-LR (red cell concentrates – leukocytes reduced), and intravenous PGE1 (prostaglandin E1). Bottom panels, laboratory findings. Cre, creatinine; CRP, C-reactive protein; Hb, hemoglobin.