Skin changes in pediatric transplant patients.

The advent of organ transplantation identified a new group of diseases. Dermatologists are studying transplant-associated diseases along with the atypical behavior of already known dermatoses. Pediatric patients have been treated as an extension of adult population, but unique aspects of age required clarification.

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy: a case report.

Background: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI), or Seidlmayer's disease, is a type of leukocytoclastic vasculitis proper of infants and children. It is characterized by a local increase in temperature, erythematous edema and purpuric lesions involving mainly the face and extremities. There usually is no visceral involvement.