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Douglas Hoffman, MD

Diagnosis

urticaria hive

Body Site

shin leg

Age

14 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

edema

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 14-year-old girl developed itchy, red wheals on her legs that cleared quickly with oral antihistamines. Her mother developed similar plaques on her neck which also cleared with diphenhydramine.

Description

red edematous wheals

Categories

reactive erythema

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5/27/2003 0:16:05

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