Urticaria and mimickers of urticaria

Jie Shen Fok; Jie Shen Fok; Jie Shen Fok; Constance H. Katelaris; Constance H. Katelaris

doi:10.3389/falgy.2023.1274031

Frontiers in Allergy (Sep 2023)

Urticaria and mimickers of urticaria

Jie Shen Fok,
Jie Shen Fok,
Jie Shen Fok,
Constance H. Katelaris,
Constance H. Katelaris

Affiliations

Jie Shen Fok: Department of Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine, Box Hill Hospital, Eastern Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Jie Shen Fok: Monash Lung, Sleep and Allergy/Immunology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Jie Shen Fok: Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Constance H. Katelaris: Department of Medicine, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Constance H. Katelaris: School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1274031
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

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Urticaria is a common skin condition encountered across various specialties in medicine, especially in dermatology and allergy/immunology practice. It has a heterogeneous presentation hence it is unsurprising that many skin conditions may be confused with urticaria. Urticaria may present as acute or chronic urticaria, the latter can be further categorised into chronic spontaneous and chronic inducible. In this article, we explore, explain, and summarise various skin lesions that are considered mimickers of urticaria, to promote understanding of each of the conditions highlighted, improve recognition, and reduce misdiagnosis.

Published in Frontiers in Allergy

ISSN: 2673-6101 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/allergy

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