Misdiagnosis of neutrophilic erythema of infancy as leukocytoclastic vasculitis: A potential diagnostic pitfall in an infantile inflammatory dermatosis

J Cutan Pathol. 2023 Apr;50(4):289-293. doi: 10.1111/cup.14302. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Authors

Alvis C Headen¹, Corbett T Berry², Melinda Jen^{2

3}, Adam I Rubin^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Section of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 36000215
DOI: 10.1111/cup.14302

No abstract available

Keywords: figurate erythema; infancy; leukocytoclastic; neutrophilic annular erythema.

MeSH terms

Dermatitis*
Diagnostic Errors
Erythema / diagnosis
Humans
Infant
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous* / diagnosis

Supplementary concepts

Erythema elevatum diutinum