Recurrent "unexplained" scalp swelling in an eighteen-month-old child: an atypical presentation of angioedema causing confusion with child abuse.
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).
Thakur
B K
BK
Department of Pediatrics, St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Kaplan
A P
AP
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