Figure 6From: An adult patient with Henoch-Schönlein purpura and non-occlusive mesenteric ischemiaAutopsy findings. Biopsy samples were fixed and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Histopathology of the jejunal submucosa shows (A) an exposed small vessel (arrow) (x40) and (B) exposed vessel and ruptured elastic laminae in the tunica externa of that vessel (x100). Histopathology of the tunica media of the superior mesenteric artery shows (C) no active vasculitis or thrombosis at autopsy (x40), but (D) edematous change (x200).Back to article page