Background: Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) is a benign
self limiting leukocytoclastic vasculitis in young children. Serious
complications, e.g. renal and gastrointestinal involvement, are not
usually detected in AHEI patients. Case Presentation: We report five
patients with AHEI. Our patients were 17 to 21 months old. One patient
presented with gastrointestinal bleeding due to this syndrome, the
other one experienced second attack and scrotal edema due to
epididymo-orchitis, while the third patient had renal involvement as
hematuria and the other one had bilateral auricular chondritis. One of
our cases was a typical case of AHEI without any complications, so a
skin biopsy was not necessary. In this study, we describe the symptoms,
probable triggering factors and treatment of choice for each patient.
Conclusion: Although AHEI is a childhood vasculitis with no impairment
of the general condition, some organ involvements such as
gastrointestinal, renal or scrotal lesions and rarely chondritis are
probable in these patients
