Acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood: an unusual variant of leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
A case of acute hemorrhagic edema in a 3-year-old boy is presented. Its cause, differential diagnosis, and relation to Schönlein-Henoch purpura are discussed. Acute hemorrhagic edema is an unusual variant of leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
Division of Dermatology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology*