All issues > Volume 33(7); 1990

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(7):1012-1017. Published online July 31, 1990.

A Case of Cold Urticaria.

Chul Ho Lee¹, Sung Ik Chang¹, Jin Han Kang¹, Joon Sung Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea

Received: February 1, 1990;  Accepted: April 3, 1990.

Abstract

Cold urticaria is one of the most common forms of physical urticaria characterized by pruritus, hive formation, redness, swelling, angioedema and occasionally symptoms of hypotension after cold exposure. Usually the diagnosis can be ascertained with the use of an ice cube test or an ice water immersion test, in which a wheal reaction appears oh the exposed skin in 10 〜 20 minutes. Cyprohe- ptadine hydrochloride is the drug of choice for cold iurticaria. We report here the 15 year old female patient suffering from cold urticaria who showed positive reaction in ice cube test and in ice water immersion jtest and has responded well to cyproheptadine.

Keywords :Cold urticaria