Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy. 2014

Satyabrata Roy Chowdhoury, and Samrat Ganguly, and Satarupa Mukherjee, and Moumita Samanta, and Kalpana Datta
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, Kolkata, India, drsatarc@gmail.com.

The authors report an 11-mo-old child presenting with acute onset appearance of large, erythematous, palpable purpuric lesions involving face, extremities and trunk. Skin biopsy from the margin of the lesions showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis suggesting a diagnosis of acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy. This rare type of cutaneous vasculitis, despite its grave presentation is a benign condition with self-limiting course.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D004487 Edema Abnormal fluid accumulation in TISSUES or body cavities. Most cases of edema are present under the SKIN in SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE. Dropsy,Hydrops,Anasarca
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208 Acute Disease Disease having a short and relatively severe course. Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D018366 Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous Disorder characterized by a vasculitic syndrome associated with exposure to an antigen such as a drug, infectious agent, or other foreign or endogenous substance. Its pathophysiology includes immune complex deposition and a wide range of skin lesions. Hypersensitivity or allergy is present in some but not all cases. Angiitis, Hypersensitivity,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis,Hypersensitivity Angiitis,Hypersensitivity Vasculitis,Vasculitis, Hypersensitivity,Allergic Cutaneous Angiitis,Allergic Cutaneous Vasculitis,Angiitis, Allergic Cutaneous,Cutaneous Allergic Vasculitis,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Angiitis,Vasculitis, Allergic Cutaneous,Allergic Cutaneous Angiitides,Allergic Cutaneous Vasculitides,Allergic Vasculitides, Cutaneous,Allergic Vasculitis, Cutaneous,Angiitides, Allergic Cutaneous,Angiitides, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic,Angiitides, Hypersensitivity,Angiitis, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic,Cutaneous Allergic Vasculitides,Cutaneous Angiitides, Allergic,Cutaneous Angiitis, Allergic,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Angiitides,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitides,Cutaneous Vasculitides, Allergic,Cutaneous Vasculitis, Allergic,Hypersensitivity Angiitides,Hypersensitivity Vasculitides,Leukocytoclastic Angiitides, Cutaneous,Leukocytoclastic Angiitis, Cutaneous,Leukocytoclastic Vasculitides, Cutaneous,Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis, Cutaneous,Vasculitides, Allergic Cutaneous,Vasculitides, Cutaneous Allergic,Vasculitides, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic,Vasculitides, Hypersensitivity,Vasculitis, Cutaneous Allergic,Vasculitis, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic

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