title: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: report of three cases.
abstract: Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy is an infrequent leukocytoclastic vasculitis which occurs almost exclusively in children between 4 months and 2 years of age. It is clinically characterized by the triad fever, purpuric lesions on the face, auricular pinna and extremities, and edema. Although the cutaneous findings are dramatic and of rapid onset, the prognosis is favorable, with spontaneous resolution within 1 to 3 weeks. Three cases are described in which clinical and histopathological findings are characteristic of acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy.
authors.affiliation: Dermatological Clinic at the Children's Hospital, Vitória, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Sergio
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Emerich
authors.forename: Patricia Almeida
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Prebianchi
authors.forename: Luciene Lage da
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Elton Almeida
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Leonardo Mello
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*