Diagnosis: Cold urticaria
Description: Itchy swelling on the forearm
Morphology: Swelling
Site: Arm,forearm
Sex: F
Age: 21
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential DiagnosisHistory: Cold urticaria is a heterogeneous group of conditions.The commonest is Idiopathic with swelling occuring minutes after rewarming of a cooled area.Reflex cold urticaria is widespread whealing after generalised body cooling.Secondary cold urticaria is due to underlying problems with cryoproteins and Familial cold urticaria is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder.