This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (3)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Jeffrey P. Callen, MD; Howard V. Dubin, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1978;114(10):1545-1546.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Urticaria is rarely a manifestation of internal disorders.^1,2 It has been reported in association with dermatomyositis once previously.³ However, Braverman thought that the incidence of urticaria is not greater in cases of dermatomyositis or polymyositis than is to be expected in the general population.¹ We report a case of polymyositis that occurred with urticarial vasculitis with each exacerbation.

Report of a Case

A 29-year old woman was first admitted to the University of Michigan Medical Center in 1971 for evaluation of urticaria and migratory muscular aching. She had an 11-year history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Two months prior to admission she began experiencing transient hives, which lasted four to eight hours. She reported that a slight bluish discoloration followed the disappearance of the lesion. The lesions occurred more frequently on the legs. After the onset of the urticaria, she began to note progressive muscle aching and to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Dermatology, University of Louisville (Dr Callen) and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Dr Dubin).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 7, 1978.

Reprint requests to the Department of Dermatology, University of Louisville, 323 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40202 (Dr Callen).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?