ABSTRACT

Abstract Acute infantile hemorrhagic edema (AIHE) is considered to be an uncommon form of cutaneous vasculitis, occurring in children under two years of age. It is characterized by fever, purpuric ecchymotic lesions located symmetrically on the face and extremities, and subcutaneous inflammatory edema. Infections, drugs and immunization have been considered as triggering factors. The disease is self-limiting and has a benign clinical course. Here, an eight-month-old boy diagnosed as AIHE, because of the fever, rosette-shaped ecchymotic plaques on the face and extremities, and edema on the dorsum of the hands and feet, is presented. Our purpose was to emphasize that AIHE should also be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with purpuric rashes.