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Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy: a case report
N Tomaç1, Y Saraçlar, I Türktas
1Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHOI) is not a clinically well-recognized disease. We present the case of a 10-month-old girl with AHOI, and compare the clinical, histopathological and immunohistological features of this acute purely cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis with those of the more frequent Henoch-Schönlein purpura. AHOI should be regarded as a separate clinicopathological entity for correct prediction of prognosis and prevention of unnecessary treatment.