Full Description
Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of swollen, pale red bumps or plaques (wheals) on the skin that appear suddenly, either as a result of the body's reaction to certain allergens, or for unknown reasons. Hives usually cause itching, but may also burn or sting. They can appear anywhere on the body, including the face, lips, tongue, throat, or ears; and they vary in size (from a pencil eraser to a dinner plate), and may join together to form larger areas known as plaques. They can last for hours, or up to one day before fading.
This book comprises 33 different urticaria cases from renowned authors at worldwide Urticaria Centres of Reference and Excellence (UCARE). Each case presents patient history and examination, investigation, and diagnosis and management. Clinical images and figures further enhance each case description.
Key points
Presents 33 clinical cases of urticaria
Authored by renowned experts from worldwide Urticaria Centres of Reference and Excellence (UCARE)
Each case describes patient history and examination, investigation, diagnosis and management
Includes clinical images and figures to enhance learning
Contents
Recognizing Urticarial Vasculitis: Clinical Clues
A Rare Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Urticaria: Monogenic Autoinflammatory Disorders Associated with Urticaria: Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Syndrome and Others
Aquagenic Urticaria... but only with Cold Water: Report of a Case
Exercise-induced Angioedema
Familial Hypertryptasemia and Chronic Urticaria: Diagnosis and Management Challenges
Adult-onset Still's Disease, Yet Another Disease Masquerading as Urticaria
Autoimmune Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Resistant to Antihistamines in a 12-year-old Boy
Peripheral Neutrophilia and Bandemia in a Patient with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria after Dapsone Introduction for Treatment: A Rare Paradoxical Side Effect
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Different Patterns of Response to Treatment are not Necessarily Only Related to Different Patients, but also to Different Periods of the Disease in the Same Patient
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Managed Successfully with Dapsone in a Recalcitrant Case
When Urticarial Wheals are not Urticaria but Urticarial Vasculitis
Bugs are Everywhere: Anaphylaxis after Orange Juice
Utility of Bilastine in Driver with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Case Report
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Managed Successfully with Desloratadine 10 mg: A Case Scenario
Elevated Plasma Levels of D-dimer Predict Resistance to Antihistamine Therapy
Successful Treatment of Refractory Symptomatic Dermographism and Cholinergic Urticaria in 8-year-old Girl with Omalizumab
A Severe Case of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Transient Difficulties in Managing Omalizumab during Long-term Treatment
A Rare Form of Inducible Urticaria Successfully Treated with Omalizumab
Case Report: Solar Urticaria Treated with Omalizumab
Personalized Omalizumab Interval in Chronic Spontaneous Urticarial Patient
Treatment with Omalizumab or Elimination of Odontogenic Infection Caused Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Control?
Remission of Schnitzler's Syndrome after Treatment with IL-1 Antagonist (Anakinra)
Report of Solar and Cholinergic Urticaria Cases: Response to Management with Omalizumab
Treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria with Supratherapeutic Doses of Omalizumab
Treatment of a 7-year-old Boy with Cholinergic Urticaria with Omalizumab: Case Report and Review of the Literature on Omalizumab Use in Children with Urticaria
Use of Omalizumab in Patients with Chronic Urticaria and History of Cancer: Three Cases and Literature Review
Gradual Loss of Efficacy of Omalizumab after an Excellent Initial Response in a Patient with Severe Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Old may Still be Gold: A Case of Hereditary Angioedema Successfully Managed with Tranexamic Acid
Treatment of Urticarial Vasculitis with Omalizumab
Complete Resolution of Cold-induced Urticaria
Subcutaneous Autologous Serum Therapy in Chronic Urticaria: A Case Report
Aluminium Allergy after Consumption of Nespresso Coffee
Modified Cholinergic Urticaria Provocation Test in a Patient with Different Chronic Inducible Urticaria Subtypes
