Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: Finkelstein's disease.
Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) is a benign form of leukocytoclastic vasculitis limited to the skin, which occurs in children younger than 2 years of age. The abrupt onset of fever, peripheral edema, and purpuric targetoid plaques in an infant may be confused with other dermatoses such as Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Sweet's syndrome, erythema multiforme, or septic vasculitis. Laboratory studies of patients with AHEI typically show normal results and the disorder follows a benign course with spontaneous resolution occurring in 1 to 3 weeks. We present a case of AHEI occurring in a 7-month-old boy and review the characteristic features of this acute dermatosis.
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Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology*; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000175:diagnosis; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology*