Although not endemic in Portugal, malaria remains a potentially fatal imported disease. Besides the delay diagnosis and initiation of treatment, other factors have probably contributed to increase cases its severe form: travel areas, absence immunity, inappropriate use prophylactic measures, gradual resistance Plasmodium antimalarials. The classic form is usually caused by falciparum may presen...

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) is a benign type of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. It is a benign phenomenon although it manifests with fever, large palpable purpuric skin lesions, and edema. The presentation of AHEI can often resemble that of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Since AHEI is a self-limited disease, conservative management is the most commonly followed approach. Our patient had c...

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) is a benign form of leukocytoclastic vasculitis limited to the skin, which occurs in children younger than 2 years of age. The abrupt onset of fever, peripheral edema, and purpuric targetoid plaques in an infant may be confused with other dermatoses such as Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Sweet's syndrome, erythema multiforme, or septic vasculitis. Laboratory...

Acute hemorrhagic edema of young children is a rare leukocytoclastic small-vessel vasculitis that was initially described in 1913 by Snow in the United States and in 1936 by Del Carril in Argentina. The condition was also reported by Finkelstein and by Seidlmayer in Germany before the Second World War, and by Lelong in France in 19421,2. The disorder, considered by some the infantile variant of...

Headache often accompanies acute ischemic stroke. Observational studies indicate that 15 to 40% of patients with acute ischemic stroke report headache in close temporal relation to the event. The onset headache is more often seen in posterior circulation strokes than in strokes in other vascular territories. Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) can also lead to headache. The pathophysiology of head...

acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (ahle) is a rare demyelinating disease characterized by an acute rapidly progressive fulminant inflammation of the white matter. in this case report, we introduce a case of ahle in children with an interesting and lengthy process and successful treatment. a previously healthy 13-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of fever and loss of conscious...