title: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: a case report.
abstract: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis, clinically characterized by the acute development of peripheral edema and targetoid purpuric lesions on the face and extremities. The clinical picture has a violent onset with a short benign course followed by spontaneous complete recovery. We describe a five-month-old boy with acute hemorrhagic edema, in whom the disease appeared after antibiotic treatment for a cellulitis in front of the tragus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Social Security Göztepe Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burçe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Mukaddes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kavala
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Türkoğlu
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zemheri
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis*