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LOUIS H. WINER, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;76(4):471-475.

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The bullous form of urticaria is so uncommon that several dermatologic textbooks in recent years only mention it by name. Hebra⁴ stated that the affection developed chiefly on the surface of preexisting wheals, rather than on the surrounding erythematous areola. He differentiated it from pemphigus and bullous erysipelas. Frieboes² observed vesiculating urticaria most frequently on the palms and soles of children and distinguished it from bullous congenital syphilis and scabies. Flandin¹ labeled the condition Kaposi's vesicular or bullous urticaria. He wrote that it complicated ordinary urticaria, but that the bullous lesions, which rapidly underwent desiccation and crust formation, were not as numerous as the remainder of urticarial lesions. In his opinion, this condition was most frequently confused with dermatitis herpetiformis and pemphigus. Van der Meiren and Achten,⁶ reporting three cases of bullous urticaria, clinically and histologically, thought they were able to demonstrate multilocular intraepidermal . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Beverly Hills, Calif.

From the Medical Service, Veterans' Administration Center, General Medical and Surgical Hospital, and the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 12, 1957.

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