title: Febrile urticaria in a family: uncommon manifestation of a common disease.
abstract: Cutaneous manifestations are uncommon with malaria. These include urticaria, purpura fulminans, and petechial rash. We report on a series of three patients from a single family who had an urticarial rash with fever that was subsequently diagnosed to be caused by malaria. Urticarial rash has been previously reported with both falciparum and vivax malaria infections. Although the exact pathogenesis is not clear urticarial rash might be related with IgE mediated mast cell degranulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. docvishalsharma@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Mayank
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011693:Purpura / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult