Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy

Akutni hemoragijski edem dojenčadi je vaskulitis malih krvnih žila koji se najčešće javlja u djece do druge godine života. Ograničen je na kožu te ima dobru prognozu. Cilj rada je prikaz bolesnice s akutnim hemoragijskim edemom, tipične kliničke slike i tijeka, kako bismo naglasili nekompliciran i benigni karakter bolesti koja ima dramatičnu kliničku prezentaciju pa može uzrokovati diferencijalno-dijagnostičke dvojbe.Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy refers to vasculitis of small blood vessels that usually occurs in children under two years of age; it is limited to the skin and has good prognosis. The aim of this paper is to present a patient with acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy with typical clinical picture and course in order to highlight uncomplicated and benign nature of the disease, which may have a dramatic clinical presentation and may cause diff erential diagnostic dilemmas