[A woman with recurrent urticaria, joint pain and fever]

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2011 Jan 21;131(2):135-6. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.10.0354.
[Article in Norwegian]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Rare Diseases / diagnosis
  • Schnitzler Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Schnitzler Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Urticaria / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein