ACUTE ANNULAR URTICARIA IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

Characteristic features of acute annular urticaria in 34 infants and s mall children were large, erythematous annular and polycyclic lesions with violaceous centers, eyelid, hand, and foot edema, absence of angi oedema of the airway, absence of pruritus, spontaneous resolution in 8 to 10 days, and frequent history of furazolidone medication for diarr hea, Nondermatologists often misdiagnose acute annular urticaria as er ythema multiforme and unnecessarily overtreat patients, The differenti al diagnosis with other conditions presenting with annular lesions in children is discussed.