Yellow urticaria secondary to hyperbilirubinemia in a patient with end-stage liver disease.
Acute urticaria is characterized by pruritic, erythematous, edematous plaques. We report the case of a 48-year-old man with acute urticaria, whose lesions appeared yellow secondary to an elevated bilirubin level.
Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0592, USA.
Samir B
SB
Patel
Diya F
DF
Mutasim
D000208:Acute Disease; D003116:Color; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology