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Akutní hemoragický edém dětí -leukocytoklastická vaskulitida

Title in English Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy - Leucocytoclastic Vasculitis
Authors

MIKOVÁ M. DOLEŽEL Zdeněk SCHÜLLER Marcel BUČKOVÁ Hana

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Česko-slovenská dermatologie
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Paediatry
Keywords acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy; purpura Schonlein-Henoch; leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Description Purpura accompanied with fever or low grade fever is usually a differential diagnostic problem in childhood. An acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a less frequent and underdiagnosed entity. The authors report a case of this disease with typical manifestations: purpura. edema and fever/low grade fever. Despite the dramatic onset of skin lesions, the disease does not require any specific treatment, complications are rare and prognosis is favorable.

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