Urticaria Pigmentosa, Urticaria Pigmentosa, Diffuse Infiltrative - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

urticaria pigmentosa urticaria pigmentosa, diffuse infiltrative

Body Site

total body back

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

discrete confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

This generally healthy 5-year-old boy with diffuse urticaria pigmentosa complained of increasing abdominal pain. He had no diarrhea, no headaches, but intermittent pruritus. Endocsopy was scheduled to evaluate the gastrointestinal tract for mast cell involvement.

Description

diffuse confluent hyperpigmented plaques with some overlying urticarial plaques

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12/4/2005 15:41:01

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