Urticaria, vasculitis, hypocomplementemia, and immune-complex glomerulonephritis

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1982 Feb;106(2):68-70.

Abstract

Recurrent urticaria with cutaneous vasculitis is a systemic immune disorder of unknown origin. We studied a 33-year-old woman with this syndrome. She also had hypocomplementemia, circulating immune complexes, arthritis, and immune-complex glomerulonephritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Complement System Proteins / deficiency*
  • Female
  • Glomerulonephritis / complications*
  • Glomerulonephritis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immune Complex Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Glomerulus / ultrastructure
  • Skin / pathology
  • Urticaria / complications*
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / complications*

Substances

  • Complement System Proteins