Korean J Dermatol.
1992 Feb;30(1):87-92.
A case of hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome with cold urticaria
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.
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