Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy With Associated Hemorrhagic Lacrimation

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Feb 1;37(2):e70-e72. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001542.

Abstract

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a rare leukocytoclastic vasculitis that affects infants and children aged 4 to 24 months. We report a case of a 5-month-old girl with purpuric lesions with associated hemorrhagic lacrimation and epistaxis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child
  • Edema
  • Epistaxis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Purpura*
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous*