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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