Urticarial vasculitisaffects your skin's small blood vessels. The inflammation usually causes patches and hives that can itch, burn, and discolor your skin. If it gets more serious, it may damage other organs, too. Leukocytoclastic vasculitisresults when waste from immune cells in the walls of ...
A punch biopsy of the rash was performed, which was notable for an urticarial tissue reaction with focal changes of leukocytoclasia and negative direct immunofluorescence. Laboratory tests, which included an autoimmune genetic and periodic fever panel, were unremarkable. Whole genome ...
The presence of immunoglobulin and complement deposits in the skin of some patients with papular urticaria suggests that the lesions may be due to a cutaneous vasculitis17. The deposits were most frequently seen in lesions within 24 hours of their development. The presence of granular deposits of ...
Serious cases are associated with hypocomplementemia in which immune complexes deposit in multiple sites called Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome (HUVS). Case Description A 63-year-old female presented to our medical center for evaluation of intermittent facial angioedema and urticaria ...