Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
| Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy | |
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| Specialty | Dermatology  |
Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (also known as "Acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood,"[1] "Finkelstein's disease,"[2] "Infantile postinfectious iris-like purpura and edema,"[2] "Medallion-like purpura,"[2] "Purpura en cocarde avec oedema,"[2] and "Seidlmayer syndrome"[2]) 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.[2]: 833 The disease was first described in 1938 by Finkelstein[3] and later by Seidlmayer as “Seidlmayer cockade purpura”.[4]
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References
- ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Finkelstein, H (1938). Lehrbuch der Sauglingskrankheiten. 4th ed. Amsterdam. pp. 814–30. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Seidlmayer, H (1939). "Die Fruhinfantile postinfektiose Kokarde-Purpura". Z Kinderheilk. 61: 217–55. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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