A case of hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome with cold urticaria.
- Author:
Joo Yong EOM
;
Han Dong YU
;
Nack In KIM
;
Choong Rim HAW
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome;
cold urticaria
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adrenal Cortex Hormones;
Adult;
Arm;
Arthralgia;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Dust;
Erythrocytes;
Finger Joint;
Histamine Antagonists;
Humans;
Hypergammaglobulinemia;
Ice;
Neutrophils;
Skin;
Urticaria*;
Vasculitis*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1992;30(1):87-92
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 38-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of recurreit irticaria, abdominal pain and arthralgia of his finger joints. These symptoms were not con rolled in spite of taking medication and had a tendence to be aggravated in the winter. Laboratory findings revealed hvpocomlementemia, hypergammaglobulinemia and a positive rect on with an ice cube test. Skin biopsy specimen taken from the urticarial lesion of the left upper arm showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis with perivascular neutrophilic infiltrition, nuclear dusts, and extravasation of red blood cells. We thus made the diagnosis of hypocomplementemic urtirarial vasculitis syndrome with cold urticaria. The patient was treatcd ith systemic corticosteroids and antihistamines.
