EC Paediatrics

A 4-month-old female infant who consulted the emergency room for fever of a few hours and edema of the dorsum of the right foot (Figure 1), observed by the parents two days earlier, without other accompanying symptoms.

She has no pathological history of interest, she is a healthy girl, correctly vaccinated and with good weight gain. She exclusively breastfeeds. As a family history, it is noteworthy that the father has unaffiliated renal failure and HLA-B27-positive ankylosing spondylitis.

 Keywords: Unilateral Edema; Back of the Foot; HLA-B27-Positive Ankylosing Spondylitis

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