A reassessment of diagnostic criteria and treatment of idiopathic urticarial vasculitis: A retrospective study of 47 patients
| Autor: | F. Lodi-Rizzini, Giorgio Pasolini, M. Cinquini, Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton, Marina Venturini, Cinzia Tosoni, R. A. Sinico |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tosoni, C, Lodi Rizzini, F, Cinquini, M, Pasolini, G, Venturini, M, Sinico, R, Calzavara Pinton, P |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Vasculitis
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| Popis: | Summary Background. Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is an uncommon type of chronic urticaria (CU), which exhibits leucocytoclastic vasculitis. Painful and long-lasting (> 24 h) weals associated with purpura or bruising are considered indicative of UV. It is often responsive to oral corticosteroids and poorly to oral antihistamines. Hypocomplementaemia and systemic involvement are also commonly reported. Aims. To diagnose patients with UV histologically and then compare their clinical features and response to various treatment regimens. Methods. Biopsies were taken from 312 subjects with CU unresponsive to oral antihistamines; of these, 47 were histologically diagnosed as having UV. Biopsies were taken irrespective of the clinical features of weal eruption. Other diseases known to be associated with small-vessel vasculitis had previously been excluded. Results. Individual weals lasted |
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