Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
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Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (also known as "Acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood," "Finkelstein's disease," "Infantile postinfectious iris-like purpura and edema," "Medallion-like purpura," "Purpura en cocarde avec oedema," and "Seidlmayer syndrome") 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.
See also
- Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitisCutaneous small-vessel vasculitisCutaneous small-vessel vasculitis is inflammation of small blood vessels , characterized by palpable purpura. It is the most common vasculitis seen in clinical practice...
- List of cutaneous conditions
- Henoch–Schönlein purpura