Methylprednisolone Therapy in Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy
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Methylprednisolone Therapy in Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy
We present a case of an 18-month-old boy who showed severe clinical signs indicative of acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) with painful purpuric skin affection primarily of the face and marked edema of the ears. The histological findings were diagnostic for leukocytoclastic vasculitis and thus met the histological criteria for AHEI. Indicative of infection as causative agent for the cond...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-6463,2090-6471
DOI: 10.1155/2014/853038