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Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
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Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
Synonym(s)
Acute infantile hemorrhagic edema; Finkelstein's disease; Seidlmayer syndrome; purpura en cocarde avec oedema; cockade purpura with edema; postinfec-tious cockade purpura of early childhood; acute benign cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis of infancy
Definition
Cutaneous, small vessel leukocytoclastic vasculitis of young children with large rosetted, annular, or targetoid purpuric lesions
Pathogenesis
Preceded by respiratory tract infections, drug intake, or vaccination; presumably immune complex-mediated
Clinical manifestation
Lesions may begin as urticarial