Acute hemorrhagic edema of young children is a skin limited small vessel leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The diagnosis is made on a clinical basis in subjects with following characteristics:
Age ≤24 months
Skin eruptions
Lesions: violent onset of a) purpuric or ecchymotic target-like lesions and b) often tender non pitting edema
Localization: cheeks, ears and extremities (with relative sparing of the trunk)
Not-ill-appearing
Prognosis: the disease spontaneously recovers in 1-2 weeks
