BACKGROUND Chronic urticaria often points the way to the diagnosis of a systemic disease, particularly when urticarial vasculitis can be demonstrated. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS) is considered to be an independent immunological disease. METHOD Selective literature review and consideration of the author's own clinical experience. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The main ...

© 2014 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1653 Journal Compilation © 2014 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Urticarial vasculitis is a form of leucocytoclastic vasculitis whereby the skin lesions resemble urticaria. It is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, hepatitis B and C viruses (1). Rarely it is associated with an underlying haematological disorders a...

Urticarial vasculitis is an uncommon from of cutaneous vasculitis and is extremely rare to present during childhood, especially in boys. It typically presents with multiple systemic inflammatory manifestations. Skin biopsy is needed to confirm the diagnosis. In this report a 10 years old Saudi boy with prolonged urticarial rash, fever, and arthritis is presented. His skin biopsy was consistent ...