Localized Cold Urticaria Mimicking Livedo in an Adult Female

Cold-induced systemic reactions caused by infusion of intravenous fluid.

Cold urticaria develops in response to exposure to cold stimuli, such as cold air, water or objects. Symptoms may vary from localized wheals to systemic reactions, sometimes leading to life-threatening conditions. Physicians need to be cautious when they administer cold fluid intravenously to patients who develop urticaria as a result of exposure to cold. We report here a patient in whom cold u...

Treatment of Severe Cold Contact Urticaria with Omalizumab: Case Reports

We report 2 patients with cold urticaria with different response to treatment with omalizumab (Xolair(®)). Cold contact urticaria (CCU) is a common subtype of physical urticaria. It is characterized by the development of wheal and/or angioedema within minutes after cold contact. Clinical manifestation of CCU can range from mild, localized whealing to life-threatening anaphylactic shock reaction...

Familial atypical cold urticaria localized on the face: a case report.

A Case of Combined Cholinergic and Cold Urticaria

Cold urticaria is a disorder in which patients experience pruritus and urticaria within a few minutes after exposure to cold [1]. Cholinergic urticaria, which is also known as generalized heat urticaria, develops after an increase in body temperature [1]. A 34-year-old man presented with urticaria. The urticaria began following exercise and presented with pruritus followed by diffuse punctate w...

Perioperative Management of a Patient with Cold Urticaria

Cold urticaria consists of an allergic immune response to cold temperatures with symptoms ranging from pruritic wheals to life-threatening angioedema, bronchospasm, or anaphylactic shock. Adequate planning to maintain normothermia perioperatively is vital due to impaired hypothalamic thermoregulation and overall depression of sympathetic outflow during deep sedation and general anesthesia. This...