A 24-year-old soldier suffering from borderline tuberculoid leprosy (BT) was admitted to the Leprosy Center, Base Hospital, Lucknow for supervised institutional therapy. He was put on cap RPM 600 mg once a month and dapsone 100 mg daily . The patient developed a solitary itchy erythematous urticarial lesion of 3 .5 cm diameter with typical peau d' orange appear­ ance (Figure 1 ) , on the right ...

Urticaria is common in children. Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a potentially more serious, rare variant. The youngest reported case was 12 months of age. A systemically well, 19-month-old girl presented with her mother who was concerned about the development of a rash. On presentation, the child had normal vital signs, was alert, and was well and playing with toys. There was a widespread urtica...

We performed a medical records of al showed NUD in reg Editor: Edoardo Villani. Received: September 27, 2014; revised: November 14, 2014; accepted: November 19, 2014. From the Faculté de Médecine (LG, DL), Université de Strasbourg; Clinique Dermatologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg; Faculté de Médecine (DB), Université Montpellier I; Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Sain...

Case report A 23-year-old white female was admitted to hospital following the sudden onset of swelling of her eyelids, urticarial lesions on her trunk and extremities and a feeling of tightness in her throat. The patient was being treated symptomatically for abdominal colic with hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) 10 mg three times a day and had taken one week's supply before the onset of her symp...

Both jejunal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH) and polyethylene glycol (PEG)-3350 hypersensitivity are extremely rare. We describe a 30-year-old female who had previously taken a PEG-3350 bowel preparation without adverse effects, and presented for evaluation of chronic diarrhea. An upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, and small bowel series were scheduled. PEG-3350 and electrolytes for...

I n dermatology practice, patients frequently present witharecalcitranteruptiondistinguishedby thepresence of edematous, urticarial, intensely pruritic papules.After analysisofpatientbiopsyspecimens, thedermatopathologist will often report a “dermal hypersensitivity reaction” (DHR) characterized by an eosinophil-rich infiltrate. The only clinical differentials that correspond to this pathologic...

Studies report that urticarial dermographism is exacerbated by "life events" and emotions. The aim of this study was to determine what aspects of life quality are affected by symptomatic dermographism and whether acute stress is a potential triggering factor. A total of 21 adult patients with urticarial dermographism completed a questionnaire on symptoms and quality of life. Twelve patients agr...

Chronic urticaria (CU) is a common condition faced by many clinicians. CU has been estimated to affect approximately 0.5%-1% of the population, with nearly 20% of sufferers remaining symptomatic 20 years after onset. Antihistamines are the first-line therapy for CU. Unfortunately, nearly half of these patients will fail this first-line therapy and require other medication, including immune resp...