Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: a case report
@article{daSilvaManzoni2004AcuteHE,
title={Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: a case report},
author={Ana Paula Dornelles da Silva Manzoni and Josiane Burmann Viecili and Cristiane Benvenuto De Andrade and Ricardo Lapa Kruse and L{\'u}cio Bakos and Tania Ferreira Cestari},
journal={International Journal of Dermatology},
year={2004},
volume={43}
}Background Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI), or Seidlmayer's disease, is a type of leukocytoclastic vasculitis proper of infants and children. It is characterized by a local increase in temperature, erythematous edema and purpuric lesions involving mainly the face and extremities. There usually is no visceral involvement. The disease is self‐limited, bearing a benign clinical course. Infection, drugs and immunization have been considered as precipitating factors. The main differential…
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