Acute hemorrhagic edema in a newborn

Raquel Checa Rodríguez^a, Iván Carabaño Aguado^b, Blanca Álvarez Fernández^c

^aHospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos. Móstoles. Madrid. España.
^bSección de Gastroenterología, Hepatología y Nutrición Pediátrica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Madrid. España.
^cServicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos. Móstoles. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: R Checa. E-mail: raquel_checa85@hotmail.com

Reference of this article: Checa Rodríguez R, Carabaño Aguado I, Álvarez Fernández B. Acute hemorrhagic edema in a newborn. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2015;17:151-3.

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Abstract

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is an infrequent disease with a benign course that appears between 3 months and 2 years old and, exceptionally, during the neonatal period. It is characterized by erythematous edema and purpuric lesions involving mainly the face and extremities, with a spontaneous recovery in days to weeks.

We report a case of acute hemorrhagic edema with a neonatal onset in a 17 days-old girl, followed in our service recently.

Keywords

● Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy ● Exanthema ● Henoch-Schönlein purpura ● Neonate ● Vasculitis

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