Is colonoscopy necessary before starting steroids in Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP)?

Date First Published:
July 14, 2009
Last Updated:
July 14, 2009
Report by:
Clare Milne, Specialist Registrar in Paediatrics (St Mary's Hospital, London)
Three-Part Question:
In [children with severe abdominal pain and HSP] does [colonoscopy before treatment] reveal [any other gut pathologies?]