Schönlein-Henoch Purpura: Diagnostic Tests

Obligatory medical device diagnostics.

  • Abdominal ultrasonography (ultrasound examination of abdominal organs) – to exclude intestinal wall hemorrhage, intussusception (invagination of a portion of the intestine into the aborally following intestinal segment).
  • In case of arthritis (joint inflammation)/arthralgia (joint pain): sonography (possibly magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) of the affected joint – to exclude septic arthritis.
  • X-ray of the thorax (X-ray thorax / chest) or computed tomography of the thorax / chest (chest CT) – if pulmonary hemorrhage (bleeding from the airways) is suspected.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial MRI, cranial MRI or cMRI) – to rule out brain involvement, e.g., bleeding in the central nervous system