Urticarial vasculitis causes itchy, painful hives to form on your skin. It causes inflammation in blood vessels that can affect your skin and other organs throughout your body. A healthcare provider will find treatments to help you manage your symptoms during episodes. What is urticarial vasculitis?

Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is considered a clinicopathologic entity consisting of two elements: Clinical manifestations of urticaria. Histopathologic evidence of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) of the small vessels, largely involving the postcapillary venules [1-4]

How is urticarial vasculitis diagnosed? A skin biopsy may be performed to confirm urticarial vasculitis. Microscopic findings of early lesions include a neutrophil leukocytoclastic vasculitis, in which there is damage to small vessels in the middle layers of the skin (dermis). In later lesions, a lymphocytic vasculitis may be seen.

2025年1月21日 · Urticarial vasculitis is a rare form of vasculitis that manifests as recurrent wheal-like lesions lasting 24 hours or longer. 1,2 Close examination of the lesions reveals inflamed blood vessels as the root cause. Some patients have symptoms that are limited to the skin, while others can have a systemic form of urticarial vasculitis affecting various organs.

2024年2月5日 · Urticarial vasculitis usually begins with an eruption of skin lesions (wheals) and hives (urticaria), which cause itching, pain, and burning sensations. Skin patches are often red-rimmed with white centers and may have petechia—red or purple pinpoint spots caused by bleeding under the skin.

Features of leukocytoclastic vasculitis seen on histopathologic examination are diagnostic of this disease, but not always seen. In practice, antibiotics, dapsone, colchicine, and hydroxychloroquine are popular first-line therapies, especially for mild cutaneous disease.

Diagnosis is confirmed with the identification of at least two conditions from: venulitis on skin biopsy, arthritis, ocular inflammation, abdominal pain or positive C1q antibodies to immune complexes. [5] . It is this last category, anti-C1q antibodies, that all …

2024年12月19日 · Urticarial vasculitis is a type of vasculitis that primarily affects small blood vessels in the skin. There is no cure for urticarial vasculitis, but medical professionals can help a person...

Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a rare cutaneous vasculitis of small vessels characterized by recurrent episodes of wheal-like lesions that tend to last more than 24 hours, healing with a residual ecchymotic postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. The histopathologic pattern of UV is that of leukocytoclas …

2021年8月2日 · Urticarial vasculitis is an eruption of erythematous wheals that clinically resemble urticaria, but differ in that lesions persist for greater than 24 hours and some cases are associated with systemic features.