Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis

Abstract Yellow urticaria is a variant of urticaria that is rarely reported in the literature. It usually occurs in the setting of a chronic liver disease and reflects the accumulation of bilirubin in the skin tissues. We report a case of yellow urticaria that occurred in a 33‐year‐old female patien...

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Main Authors: Sana Toujani, Amira El Ouni, Souhir Mestiri, Emna Toujani, Asma Belhassen, Zeineb Meddeb, Kamel Bouslama
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Published: Wiley 2023-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7050
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Amira El Ouni
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Kamel Bouslama
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description Abstract Yellow urticaria is a variant of urticaria that is rarely reported in the literature. It usually occurs in the setting of a chronic liver disease and reflects the accumulation of bilirubin in the skin tissues. We report a case of yellow urticaria that occurred in a 33‐year‐old female patient suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus and overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis revealed by a migratory pruritic yellowish urticarial eruption on the trunk and limbs. Yellow urticaria may be an important clue to previously unknown liver or biliary disease as it generally occurs in the setting of hyperbilirubinemia.
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spelling doaj-art-88f3a8100b394e258da9c8b83a05dea62025-08-20T02:36:46ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042023-03-01113n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.7050Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitisSana Toujani0Amira El Ouni1Souhir Mestiri2Emna Toujani3Asma Belhassen4Zeineb Meddeb5Kamel Bouslama6Internal medicine department University Hospital Center Mongi Slim La Marsa TunisiaInternal medicine department University Hospital Center Mongi Slim La Marsa TunisiaInternal medicine department University Hospital Center Mongi Slim La Marsa TunisiaUniversity of Monastir Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir Monastir TunisiaInternal medicine department University Hospital Center Mongi Slim La Marsa TunisiaInternal medicine department University Hospital Center Mongi Slim La Marsa TunisiaInternal medicine department University Hospital Center Mongi Slim La Marsa TunisiaAbstract Yellow urticaria is a variant of urticaria that is rarely reported in the literature. It usually occurs in the setting of a chronic liver disease and reflects the accumulation of bilirubin in the skin tissues. We report a case of yellow urticaria that occurred in a 33‐year‐old female patient suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus and overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis revealed by a migratory pruritic yellowish urticarial eruption on the trunk and limbs. Yellow urticaria may be an important clue to previously unknown liver or biliary disease as it generally occurs in the setting of hyperbilirubinemia.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7050autoimmune hepatitisdiagnosisprimary biliary cholangitisyellow urticaria
spellingShingle Sana Toujani
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Emna Toujani
Asma Belhassen
Zeineb Meddeb
Kamel Bouslama
Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
Clinical Case Reports
autoimmune hepatitis
diagnosis
primary biliary cholangitis
yellow urticaria
title Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
title_full Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
title_fullStr Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
title_full_unstemmed Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
title_short Yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
title_sort yellow urticaria revealing overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis
topic autoimmune hepatitis
diagnosis
primary biliary cholangitis
yellow urticaria
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7050
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