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Allergic vasculitis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Vasculitis - allergic; Hypersensitivity vasculitis; Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Symptoms:

Purple-colored spots and patches, which get pale when pressure is placed on them (purpura)
Skin lesions usually located on the legs, buttocks, or trunk
Blisters on the skin
Hives (urticaria), may last longer than 24 hours
Open sores with dead tissue (necrotic ulcers)

Signs and tests:

The diagnosis is based on your symptoms and how the skin looks after you take a certain medicine or are exposed to a foreign substance (antigen).

Results from an ESR test may be high. Skin biopsy shows inflammation of the blood vessels.

Vasculitis on the palm

Vasculitis

Vasculitis, urticarial on the hand

Reviewed last on: 5/31/2009
Mark James Borigini, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Stone JH. Immune complex-mediated small vessel vasculitis. In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Harris Jr. ED, McInnes IB, Ruddy S, eds. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: W.B. Saunders Company; 2008: chap 85.

Allergic reactions

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