A Case of Disseminated Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Urticaria

We present a case of cyclical bouts of chronic urticaria on the abdomen, scalp, and hands in a patient with disseminated Lyme disease. Lyme disease traditionally presents as a cutaneous lesion known as erythema migrans, which alerts patients and physicians that diagnosis and treatment is necessary. ...

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Autores principales: Michael, Mary, Gmitter, Tamara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6822551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31700713
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5600
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description We present a case of cyclical bouts of chronic urticaria on the abdomen, scalp, and hands in a patient with disseminated Lyme disease. Lyme disease traditionally presents as a cutaneous lesion known as erythema migrans, which alerts patients and physicians that diagnosis and treatment is necessary. This case highlights the importance of variable cutaneous presentations of Lyme disease, especially if nerve pain is concurrent.
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spelling pubmed-68225512019-11-07 A Case of Disseminated Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Urticaria Michael, Mary Gmitter, Tamara Cureus Dermatology We present a case of cyclical bouts of chronic urticaria on the abdomen, scalp, and hands in a patient with disseminated Lyme disease. Lyme disease traditionally presents as a cutaneous lesion known as erythema migrans, which alerts patients and physicians that diagnosis and treatment is necessary. This case highlights the importance of variable cutaneous presentations of Lyme disease, especially if nerve pain is concurrent. Cureus 2019-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6822551/ /pubmed/31700713 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5600 Text en Copyright © 2019, Michael et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title A Case of Disseminated Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Urticaria
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title_fullStr A Case of Disseminated Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Urticaria
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title_short A Case of Disseminated Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Urticaria
title_sort case of disseminated lyme disease presenting as chronic urticaria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6822551/
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