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Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy in a 5‐week‐old boy referred to the C hild P rotection U nit
Author(s) -
Hawkrigg Sharon,
Johnson Alice,
Flynn James,
Thom Graham,
Wright Helen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.12453
Subject(s) - medicine , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , purpura (gastropod) , pediatrics , dermatology , psychology , ecology , developmental psychology , biology
We describe the case of a 5‐week‐old infant boy presenting with purpura and oedema to both hands and torso. He was otherwise well, with no antecedent history of illness or trauma. Laboratory investigations were within normal limits. A review by the Child Protection Unit was organised during his admission for consideration of inflicted trauma as a cause of the lesions; this was felt most unlikely. A clinical diagnosis, following a dermatology consultation, of acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHO) was made.

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