papular urticaria

urticaria /ur·ti·ca·ria/ (ur″tĭ-kar´e-ah) hives; a vascular reaction of the upper dermis marked by transient appearance of slightly elevated patches (wheals) which are redder or paler than the surrounding skin and often attended by severe itching; the exciting cause may be certain foods or drugs, infection, or emotional stress.urticar´ial

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urticaria bullo´sa , bullous urticaria that in which bullae are superimposed on the wheals.

cold urticaria  urticaria precipitated by cold air, water, or objects, occurring in a hereditary and an acquired form.

giant urticaria  angioedema.

urticaria medicamento´sa  that due to use of a drug.

papular urticaria  a hypersensitivity reaction to insect bites, manifested by crops of small papules and wheals, which may become infected or lichenified because of rubbing and excoriation.

urticaria pigmento´sa  the most common form of mastocytosis, characterized by small, reddish brown macules or papules that occur mainly on the trunk and tend to urtication upon mild mechanical trauma or chemical irritation.

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papular urticaria

n.

See lichen urticatus.

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papular urticaria

Etymology: L, papula, pimple + urtica, nettle

a persistent cutaneous eruption representing a hypersensitivity reaction to insect bites (e.g., mites, fleas, bedbugs, gnats, mosquitoes, animal lice), seen primarily in atopic children and characterized by crops of small urticarial papules and wheals and transitional forms of these lesions, which may become secondarily infected or lichenified as a result of rubbing and scratching. Also called lichen urticatus, strophulus.