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Urticarial Vasculitis. 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.
Urticarial vasculitis is a variant of cutaneous small vessel vasculitis. It is characterised by inflamed and reddened patches or weals on the skin that appears to resemble urticaria, but when the skin is examined closely under a microscope, a vasculitis is found (inflamed blood vessels).
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]
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.
Urticarial vasculitis is a rare clinicopathologic entity that manifests as a result of inflammatory injury to the small vessels of the skin. This condition is characterized by chronic or recurrent episodes of urticarial lesions showing features of leukocytoclastic vasculitis on histopathologic specimens.
Urticarial vasculitis (also known as "chronic urticaria as a manifestation of venulitis", "hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome", "hypocomplementemic vasculitis" and "unusual lupus-like syndrome") [1] is a skin condition characterized by fixed urticarial lesions that appear histologically as a vasculitis.
Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a rare type of leukocytoclastic vasculitis characterized by long lasting urticarial skin lesions and poor response to treatment. As of yet, no clinical guidelines, diagnostic criteria, or treatment algorithms exist, and the approaches to the diagnostic workup and treatment of UV patients may differ globally.
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.
What is Urticarial Vasculitis? Urticarial vasculitis is a form of vasculitis—a family of rare diseases characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels, which can restrict blood flow and damage vital organs and tissues.
Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a difficult-to-treat condition characterized by long-lasting urticarial rashes and histopathologic findings of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Treatment is dictated by the severity of skin and systemic involvement and the underlying systemic disease.