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Wang RX, Newman SA. Urticarial Vasculitis. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2024; 44:483-502. [PMID: 38937011 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2024.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Urticarial vasculitis is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by persistent edematous papules and plaques on the skin that last longer than 24 hours, often accompanied by systemic symptoms such as joint pain and fever. Unlike common urticaria, this condition involves inflammation of small blood vessels, leading to more severe and long-lasting skin lesions with a tendency to leave a bruiselike appearance. Diagnosis is challenging and may require a skin biopsy. Associated with underlying autoimmune diseases, treatment involves managing symptoms with medications such as antihistamines and corticosteroids, addressing the immune system's dysfunction, and treating any concurrent autoimmune conditions.
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- Ruth X Wang
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 East 17th Place, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Mail Stop 8127, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Neutrophilic Urticaria or Urticaria With Predominantly Neutrophilic Inflammatory Infiltrate: Study of Its Clinical and Histopathologic Characteristics and Its Possible Association With Rheumatic Disease. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2012.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Llamas-Velasco M, Fraga J, Requena L, Sánchez-Pérez J, Ovejero-Merino E, García-Diez A. [Neutrophilic urticaria or urticaria with predominantly neutrophilic inflammatory infiltrate: study of its clinical and histopathologic characteristics and its possible association with rheumatic disease]. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2012; 103:511-9. [PMID: 22475309 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2012.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Neutrophilic urticaria, described by Winkelmann in 1985, has yet to be completely defined and its clinical significance is poorly understood. Nevertheless, recent publications suggest that it could be a marker for rheumatic disease. The primary objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of rheumatic disease in 2 groups of patients with urticaria: those with conventional urticaria (non-neutrophilic inflammatory infiltrate) and those with neutrophilic urticaria. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all biopsy samples taken from urticarial lesions in our hospital between January 1, 1999 and June 28, 2009. Urticaria was classified according to predefined morphologic and histopathologic patterns. We compared the clinical and histologic characteristics of neutrophilic urticaria with those of conventional urticarias in the 84 patients included. RESULTS Of the 84 patients, 57.1% had neutrophilic urticaria. We did not find significant differences between the percentages of patients with rheumatic disease between the neutrophilic and nonneutrophilic urticaria groups. In patients with acute urticaria, we found a significantly higher proportion of samples with histopathologic signs of neutrophilic urticaria as opposed to conventional histopathology. Patients with neutrophilic urticaria also had higher white blood cell counts. CONCLUSIONS The percentage of samples with neutrophilic urticaria in this series (57.1%) is higher than the percentages reported in the literature, possibly because we tended to biopsy recent lesions. We highlight that the presence of neutrophils in the biopsies of urticaria is a common finding and does not appear to be associated with other diseases.
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- M Llamas-Velasco
- Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, España.
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Pérez-Bustillo A, Sánchez-Sambucety P, García-Ruiz de Morales JM, Rodríguez-Prieto MÁ. Cold-induced urticarial vasculitis. Int J Dermatol 2012; 51:881-3. [PMID: 22233132 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04684.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicholas A. Soter
- Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of
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Craig R. Military Cold Injury During the War in The Falkland Islands 1982: An Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors. J ROY ARMY MED CORPS 2007; 153 Suppl 1:63-8; discussion 69. [DOI: 10.1136/jramc-153-03s-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Burroughs JR, Patrinely JR, Nugent JS, Soparkar CNS, Anderson RL, Pennington JH. Cold Urticaria: An Underrecognized Cause of Postsurgical Periorbital Swelling. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2005; 21:327-30. [PMID: 16234692 DOI: 10.1097/01.iop.0000176272.40058.4f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To report cold urticaria as an under-recognized cause of potential periorbital and facial edema after elective oculofacial plastic surgery. METHODS Retrospective case series of three patients with primary acquired cold urticaria with review of the clinical aspects of each of the cases. RESULTS Two of the patients had significant postoperative swelling attributed to primary acquired cold urticaria after the routine use of cool compresses to their surgical sites. The third patient had known primary acquired cold urticaria and required special perioperative management. All three patients ultimately had a good surgical outcome with no long-term sequelae. CONCLUSIONS Although primary acquired cold urticaria is generally not a serious condition, it can be easily overlooked and misdiagnosed as a localized adverse reaction to injected anesthetic, topical antibiotic ointments, or early preseptal cellulitis after eyelid or facial surgery. Rarely, this condition can be fatal and should be recognized by the surgeon to ensure both optimal surgical results and general medical management. Three simple screening questions should identify most patients with this disorder.
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Kasperska-Zajac A, Rogala B, Nowakowski M. Assessment of platelet activity as expressed by plasma levels of platelet factor 4 and beta-thromboglobulin in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria. Exp Dermatol 2005; 14:515-8. [PMID: 15946239 DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2005.00311.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Blood platelet significance in inflammation is recognized but poorly characterized in urticaria. It is known that platelets are activated during inflammatory processes and are involved in modulating inflammatory and immune response via various mediator release. The aim of our study was to investigate the functional state of platelets, expressed by release reaction of C-X-C chemokines such as platelet factor 4 (PF-4) and beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG) in chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). Plasma levels of PF-4 and beta-TG, which are established markers of in vivo platelet activation and which play important role in inflammatory processes, were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 19 patients with CIU and in 25 healthy subjects. Mean plasma PF-4 level in CIU patients and control subjects was 5.01 +/- 1.67 and 4.13 +/- 2.05 IU/ml, respectively, whereas that for beta-TG was 29.3 +/- 14.0 and 25.2 +/- 12.6 IU/ml, respectively. In our small study, there have been no significant differences found between the members of the control and CIU group regarding plasma levels of PF-4 and beta-TG. Further studies should be performed to elucidate whether any systemic platelet activation occurs in CIU.
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- Alicja Kasperska-Zajac
- Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland.
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Wanderer AA, Hoffman HM. The spectrum of acquired and familial cold-induced urticaria/urticaria-like syndromes. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2004; 24:259-86, vii. [PMID: 15120151 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acquired cold urticaria syndromes represent one of the more common forms of physical urticaria. The syndromes are heterogenous, and a diagnostic classification is presented to facilitate collation for future studies. Acquired cold urticaria represents an excellent reproducible in vivo model to investigate the mechanisms of urticaria. The discussion includes clinical manifestations, laboratory features, pathogenesis, and management of these disorders. A description of familial types, particularly familial cold auto-inflammatory syndrome (FCAS) that is manifested by cold-evoked signs and symptoms of chronic inflammation, is included. FCAS historically has been included with acquired cold urticaria, even though the exanthem of FCAS is maculopapular caused by leukocytic infiltration. FCAS has become an important investigative syndrome, as it represents a reproducible in vivo model of chronic inflammation.
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Davis MDP, Brewer JD. Urticarial vasculitis and hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2004; 24:183-213, vi. [PMID: 15120147 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2004.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Urticarial vasculitis is a clinicopathologic entity in which episodes of urticaria are accompanied by histopathologic features of cutaneous vasculitis. The histopathologic definition of vasculitis varies from report to report. In this article, vasculitis is defined as histopathologic features of blood vessel damage: There should be evidence of leukocytoclasis and vessel wall destruction, which may or may not be accompanied by fibrinoid deposits. Red blood cell extravasation and perivascular inflammatory cell infiltrate also may be present. The extent to which each of these elements must be present has been debated.
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- Mark D P Davis
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55095, USA.
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Ito A, Kazama T, Ito K, Ito M. Purpura with cold urticaria in a patient with hepatitis C virus infection-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia type III: successful treatment with interferon-beta. J Dermatol 2003; 30:321-5. [PMID: 12707469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00394.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2002] [Accepted: 01/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We describe a 54-year-old man with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection-associated cryoglobulinemia type III. The patient had suffered from cold-induced urticaria that left purpuric eruptions up to 1 cm in diameter, intermittent migratory joint pain for seven years and mild liver dysfunction for nine years. Hemophilia A was diagnosed when the patient was 26 years old, and he was then given infusions of factor VIII for a short time. In both skin biopsy samples from urticarial and purpuric eruptions, mild inflammatory infiltration by polymorphonuclear leukocytes with nuclear dust, extravasation of erythrocytes and deposition of IgM and C3 in the superficial blood vessels were observed. After antiviral treatment with interferon-beta, the clinical symptoms and the cryoglobulin and HCV-RNA in the serum disappeared. There has been no recurrence in the subsequent nine years.
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- Akiko Ito
- Department of Dermatology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan
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Wanderer AA. THE SPECTRUM OF COLD URTICARIA. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00813-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Urticaria. Dermatology 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-00181-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Wanderer AA. Cold urticaria syndromes: historical background, diagnostic classification, clinical and laboratory characteristics, pathogenesis, and management. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1990; 85:965-81. [PMID: 2191995 DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(90)90037-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- A A Wanderer
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
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Lawlor F, Kobza Black A, Breathnach AS, McKee P, Sarathchandra P, Bhogal B, Isaacs JL, Greaves MW, Winkelmann RK. A timed study of the histopathology, direct immunofluorescence and ultrastructural findings in idiopathic cold-contact urticaria over a 24-h period. Clin Exp Dermatol 1989; 14:416-20. [PMID: 2691133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1989.tb02601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The histopathology, immunofluorescence and ultrastructure of skin in idiopathic cold-contact urticaria have been studied over the 24 h following the application of a cold stimulus sufficient to provoke a confluent weal on the anterior thigh. Biopsies were taken 10 min, 2 h and 24 h after ice removal. Considerable epidermal and dermal oedema was present. Type I and Type II mast-cell degranulation was noted but was not universal. Lymphatics and capillaries were dilated and endothelial cells showed an increase in micropinocytotic activity, without evident vasculitis. In two cases packed platelets were seen within vessel lumina. There was no change in the infiltrating dermal cell population and direct immunofluorescence was negative. The evidence suggests that idiopathic cold-contact urticaria is an exudative rather than an infiltrative process.
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Wanderer AA, Grandel KE, Wasserman SI, Farr RS. Clinical characteristics of cold-induced systemic reactions in acquired cold urticaria syndromes: recommendations for prevention of this complication and a proposal for a diagnostic classification of cold urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1986; 78:417-23. [PMID: 3760401 DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(86)90027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The acquired cold urticaria (ACU) syndromes consists of nonfamilial heterogeneous disorders characterized by urticaria, angioedema, and occasionally symptoms of hypotension after cold exposure. In a study of 50 consecutive patients with ACU syndromes, it was observed that 70% experienced cold-induced systemic reactions, most frequently with aquatic activities. Patients with ACU syndromes were categorized by their response to an experimental cold-stimulation time test (CSTT) i.e., minimum time threshold of cold stimulation required to induce a coalescent wheal. One subpopulation of patients with ACU syndromes with positive CSTTs of 3 minutes or less experienced the highest incidence (68%; 13/19) of severe systemic reactions with hypotensive symptoms after natural cold exposure. However, 32% of patients with ACU syndromes (6/19) who experienced cold-induced systemic reactions with hypotension had a negative CSTT or a positive test of greater than 3 minutes. These observations indicate that all patients with ACU with active histories of cold urticaria are at risk to develop systemic reactions to cold and should therefore refrain from participating in aquatic activities. In addition, high-risk patients should receive prophylactic medications (i.e., cyproheptadine or doxepin) that are effective in suppressing this disorder. A diagnostic classification of cold urticaria is presented. This classification permits a more specific definition of the various cold urticaria disorders that comprise the ACU syndromes.
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Biopsies of spontaneous and ice-induced wheals of five patients with cold urticaria showed two types of lesions: one with predominant neutrophils and one with predominant lymphocytes. Immunofluorescent studies of the five cases showed nonspecific findings in two cases and negative findings in three cases.
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Wasserman SI, Ginsberg MH. Release of platelet factor 4 into the blood after cold challenge of patients with cold urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1984; 74:275-9. [PMID: 6470362 DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(84)90258-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Five individuals with idiopathic cold urticaria but not normal volunteers released platelet factor 4 (PF4) detected by radioimmunoassay into the circulation after cold challenge. In three patients, a biphasic rise in PF4 was noted with increases at 1 and 10 to 20 min after immersion, whereas in two others only the later rise was detected. Peak levels of PF4 were detected in all five patients 20 min after cold immersion, whereas peak levels of other mediators such as histamine and eosinophil and neutrophil chemotactic activity occurred earlier at 10, 3 to 10, and 5 to 10 min, respectively. The identification of PF4 in the circulation of patients with cold urticaria after cold challenge provides further evidence for the activation of platelets in mast cell-dependent disorders and suggests new potential mechanisms for the expression of cold urticaria.
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Craig RP. Military cold injury during the war in the Falkland Islands 1982: an evaluation of possible risk factors. J ROY ARMY MED CORPS 1984; 130:89-96. [PMID: 6150110 DOI: 10.1136/jramc-130-02-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Throughout the history of war, there have been many instances when the cold has ravaged armies more effectively than their enemies. Delineated risk factors are restricted to negro origins, previous cod injury, moderate but not heavy cigarette smoking and the possession of blood group O. No attention has been directed to the possibility that abnormal blood constituents could feasibly predispose to the development of local cold injury. This study considers this possibility and investigates the potential contribution of certain components of the circulating blood which might do so. Three groups of soldiers from two of the battalions who served during the war in the Falkland Islands in 1982 were investigated. The risk factors which were sought included the presence or absence of asymptomatic cryoglobulinaemia, abnormal total protein, albumin, individual gamma globulin or complement C3 or C4 levels, plasma hyperviscosity or evidence of chronic alcoholism manifesting as high haemoglobin, PCV, RBC, MCV or gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT). No cases of cryoglobulinaemia were isolated and there was no haematological evidence to suggest that any of those men who had developed cold injury, one year before this study was performed, had abnormal circulating proteins, plasma hyperviscosity or indicators of alcohol abuse. Individual blood groups were not incriminated as a predisposing factor although the small numbers of negroes in this series fared badly. Although this investigation has excluded a range of potential risk factors which could contribute to the development of cold injury, the problem persists.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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