Acute hemorrhagic edema in a four-year-old Japanese boy.
A case of acute hemorrhagic edema (AHE), a unique form of leukocytoclastic vasculitis limited only to the skin, was seen in a four-year-old boy. It was characterized by an abrupt onset of fever, peripheral edema, and rosette-shaped purpuric plaques. Although the skin lesion might be confused clinically with other dermatoses such as Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Sweet's disease and erythema multiforme, his laboratory data were normal, and the disorder follows a benign course with spontaneous resolution within one week.
Fujimura
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Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryou-chou 1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
Funayama
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Tagami
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005121:Extremities; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology