Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a skin condition that affects children under the age of two with a recent history of upper respiratory illness, a course of antibiotics, or both.[2]:833 The disease was first described in 1938 by Finkelstein[3] and later by Seidlmayer as "Seidlmayer cockade purpura".[4]

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
Other namesAcute hemorrhagic edema of childhood,[1] Finkelstein's disease,[2] Infantile postinfectious iris-like purpura and edema,[2] Medallion-like purpura,[2] Purpura en cocarde avec oedema[2] and Seidlmayer syndrome[2]
SpecialtyDermatology

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References

  1. Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
  2. James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
  3. Finkelstein, H (1938). Lehrbuch der Sauglingskrankheiten. 4th ed. Amsterdam. pp. 814–30. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. Seidlmayer, H (1939). "Die Fruhinfantile postinfektiose Kokarde-Purpura". Z Kinderheilkd. 61: 217–55. doi:10.1007/BF02249778. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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