October 12, 2014

Urticarial Vasculitis Associated with Essential Thrombocythaemia

Annabel D. Scott, Nicholas Francis, Helen Yarranton and Sarita Singh
Dermatology Registrar, Department of Dermatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, United Kingdom. E-mail: annabelscott@doctors.org.uk
Accepted Apr 3, 2013; Epub ahead of print Aug 27, 2013


Urticarial vasculitis is a form of leucocytoclastic vasculitis whereby the skin lesions resemble urticaria. It is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome, hepatitis B and C viruses (1). Rarely it is associated with an underlying haematological disorders and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported in association with essential thrombocythaemia. We present a case report of urticarial vasculitis associated with essential thrombocythaemia.

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