Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis complicated with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: a case report and review of literature
Abstract
Urticarial vasculitis is a small-vessel vasculitis characterized clinically by urticaria and microscopically by leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome is a rare subtype of urticarial vasculitis with organ involvement and persistent, acquired hypocomplementemia. Pulmonary involvement, usually seen as diffuse alveolar damage, is an uncommon complication and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Here we present a rare case of hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome complicated by diffuse alveolar damage and describe the beneficial effect of cyclophosphamide-dexamethasone.Downloads
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2014-03-17
Keywords:
hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
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Gnerre, P., Buscaglia, S., Cattana, A., Pestarino, A., Ardoino, S., Venturino, E., & Parodi, L. (2014). Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis complicated with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: a case report and review of literature. Italian Journal of Medicine, 8(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2014.155
Copyright (c) 2014 Paola Gnerre, Sandra Buscaglia, Alessandro Cattana, Andrea Pestarino, Silvia Ardoino, Ezio Venturino, Lionello Parodi

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