[A woman with recurrent urticaria, joint pain and fever].
A middle-aged woman suffered from chronic recurrent urticarial rash and fever. After 13 years of skin disease, she developed monoclonal IgM gammopathy, myalgia and joint pain. She was diagnosed with Schnitzler's syndrome and successfully treated with the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra.
Revmatologisk seksjon, Oslo universitetssykehus, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway. jan.tore.gran@rikshospitalet.no
Jan Tore
JT
Gran
Øyvind
Ø
Midtvedt
Sidsel
S
Haug
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D019873:Schnitzler Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis*
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein