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Acute Hemorrhagic Edema in a Four‐year‐old Japanese Boy
Author(s) -
Fujimura Taku,
Funayama Michitaka,
Tagami Hachiro
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2001.tb00133.x
Subject(s) - leukocytoclastic vasculitis , medicine , purpura (gastropod) , edema , erythema multiforme , peripheral edema , erythema , lesion , vasculitis , dermatology , palpable purpura , pathology , skin lesion , disease , henoch schonlein purpura , surgery , adverse effect , ecology , biology
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.