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Acute infantile hemorrhagic edema is a kind of benign disease that is characterized by rash and subacute edema mostly seen in winter in infants aged between 4 and 24 months. But due to its terrible appearance, it makes the parents and doctors uncomfortable, which leads to unnecessary laboratory tests and overtreatment. We aimed to identify the clinical course and prognosis of acute infantile hemorrhagic edema with our cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a skin limited leukocytoclastic vasculitis occurring in children younger than 2 years old. Although it has an alarming start, it has a good prognosis. The patients may have a story of drug intake, vaccination or infection. Henoch-Schönlein purpura must be considered in differential diagnosis. With well recognition of this rare disease, the family and the physician's concern will be prevented; unnecessary investigations and interventions will be reduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acute infantile hemorrhagic edema is characterized by a triad of purpuric rash, fever and edema. The disease has a fulminant onset, a benign course and spontaneous resolution in a couple of weeks. It differs from Henoch-Schönlein purpura with several features such as being seen at less than 2 years of age, size of cutaneous lesion and mostly being limited to skin, rare recurrence and gastrointestinalrenal involvement. Our patient had typical acute infantile hemorrhagic edema symptoms and undetectably high D-dimer levels at the beginning. During the course of treatment, the patient's D-dimer level diminished dramatically and it went back to normal by the end of the therapy. Since this observation has not been reported before, it was considered appropriate to present. It is known that there is no specific therapy to this disease. The use of antihistaminics and systemic corticosteroids are debatable and they were reported not to change the course of disease. However, our patient responded well to systemic corticosteroid therapy, and this is seen in decreased D-dimer level. We believe that D-dimer level may be a follow-up marker for the severity of the disease and response to the therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acute infantile hemorrhagic edema is an unusual form of leukocytoclastic vasculitis that usually occurs in children younger than three years of age. The disease is self-limiting and has a benign clinical course. In this report, two cases who were admitted to our hospital with cutaneous purpuric rash and edema in the extremities and subsequently diagnosed as acute infantile hemorrhagic edema are presented. We emphasize that acute infantile hemorrhagic edema should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of Henoch-Schonlein purpura, meningococcemia, and purpura fulminans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Acute infantile hemorrhagic edema is a kind of benign disease which is characterised by rash and subacute edema mostly seen between 4 and 24 months in winter. But due to its terrible appearance it makes the parents and doctors feel uncomfortable and leads unnecessary laboratory tests and overtreatment. We aimed to identify the clinical course and prognosis of acute infantile hemorrhagic edema with our cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a rare subtype of leukocytoclasticvasculitis. It is characterized by target-like hemorrhagic plaques with edema. Lesions are localized to face and distal extremities. It usually heals spontaneously without any sequelae.Case Report: Herein, an 8-month-old girl infant with acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy was presented.Conclusion: Both dermatologists and pediatricians must be familiar with this rare type of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. We believe that this familiarity will eliminate unnecessary treatment and anxiety about the disease (Journal of Current Pediatrics 2011; 9: 50-2) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a rare subtype of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. It is characterized by target-like hemorrhagic plaques with edema. Lesions are localized to face and distal extremities. It usually heals spontaneously without any sequelae. Case Report: Herein, an 8-month-old girl infant with acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy was presented. Conclusion: Both dermatologists and pediatricians must be familiar with this rare type of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. We believe that this familiarity will eliminate unnecessary treatment and anxiety about the disease [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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