title: Recurrent "unexplained" scalp swelling in an eighteen-month-old child: an atypical presentation of angioedema causing confusion with child abuse.
abstract: In this article, we demonstrate that angioedema may atypically present with noninflammatory scalp or facial swelling without recurrence on other parts of the body and without urticaria. In a young child, such a presentation exclusively with recurrent "unexplained" swellings over different parts of the scalp could erroneously be misconstrued as child abuse (blunt head trauma).
authors: Department of Pediatrics, St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
authors: B K
authors: BK
authors: Thakur
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000799:Angioedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed