Urticaria and urticarial vasculitis

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Description This chapter describes dermoscopy of urticaria and urticarial vasculitis
Author(s) Sabine Ludwig · Aimilios Lallas
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Status update July 11, 2017
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Urticaria and urticarial vasculitis

Common urticaria is dermoscopically characterized by a red, reticular network of linear vessels, which may be surrounded by an area devoid of vessels, corresponding to dermal edema.[1] On the contrary, urticarial vasculitis dermoscopically exhibit purpuric dots or globules on an orange-brown background.[2] Both diseases reveal no highly specific criteria, but the presence of purpuric dots is suggestive of an underlying vasculitis.

  1. Vázquez-López et al.: Dermoscopy for the screening of common urticaria and urticaria vasculitis. Arch Dermatol 2008;144:568. PMID: 18427065. DOI.
  2. Vázquez-López et al.: Surface microscopy for discriminating between common urticaria and urticarial vasculitis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2003;42:1079-82. PMID: 12730524. DOI.
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