Acute haemorrhagic oedema-like eruption in an adult.
(2022) Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology — Vol. 36, n° 1, p. e48-e50 (2022)
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- (en) A 49‐year‐old woman, with no particular medical history other than quiescent Crohn’s disease, was admitted for acute gastroenteritis. Three days after admission, she developed large purpuric, ecchymotic targetoid skin lesions and oedema, predominantly on the buttocks and thighs (Figure 1A and B). The lesions were not pruritic but slightly painful at palpation. She denied any history of vaccination or injections at the sites of the skin lesions. The patient remained afebrile. Platelet counts, coagulation tests and immunoglobulin A serum levels were within normal limits. Renal function was normal and proteinuria was excluded. Bacteriological stool samples were negative. [...]
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De Greef, A., Dachelet, C., Marot, L., & Baeck, M. (2022). Acute haemorrhagic oedema-like eruption in an adult. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 36(1), e48-e50. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.17617 (Original work published 2022)