Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2015 Apr 16;8(1):12.
doi: 10.1186/s40413-015-0059-y. eCollection 2015.

Urticarial vasculitis induced by OTC diet pills: a case report

Iván Chérrez Ojeda  1 , Enrique Loayza  2 , Leonardo Greiding  3 , Juan Carlos Calderón  4 , Annia Cherrez  5 , Farid Adum  6
Affiliations
Case Reports

Urticarial vasculitis induced by OTC diet pills: a case report

Iván Chérrez Ojeda et al. World Allergy Organ J. .

Abstract

Background: Urticarial Vasculitis (UV) is in most of the cases idiopathic; however it has been associated with several conditions and drugs. Over the counter (OTC) diet pills are widely available, even on-line, but they are rarely regulated by pharmaceutical control.

Case presentation: We present the case of a 35-year-old female patient suffering of pruriginous and painful wheals more than 1 cm in diameter, with a burning sensation. The eruption lasted more than 24 hours and was accompanied by angioedema, headache and myalgia. No remarkable medical history was found, except for previous intake of OTC diet pills. UV diagnosis was confirmed by the skin biopsy of a lesion.

Conclusion: OTC diet pills are widely available worldwide, and due to its widespread use, allergologists and dermatologist should be able to recognize symptoms and lesions of cutaneous vasculitis, which may be under reported.

Keywords: OTC diet pills; Urticarial Vasculitis; Weight loss.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Wheals and erythematous maculae in trunk, back and abdomen were found.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Wheals and erythematous maculae also can be found in ankle.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Jordan KM, Edwards CJ, Arden NK. Allergic vasculitis associated with celecoxib. Rheumatology. 2002;41:1453–5. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/41.12.1453-a. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Wisnieski JJ. Urticarial vasculitis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2000;12:24–31. doi: 10.1097/00002281-200001000-00005. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Carlson JA. The histological assessment of cutaneous vasculitis. Histopathology. 2010;56:3–23. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03443.x. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Khasnis A, Langford CA. Update on vasculitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009;123:1226–36. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.024. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Marzano AV, Vezzoli P, Berti E. Skin involvement in cutaneous and systemic vasculitis. Autoimmun Rev. 2013;12:467–76. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.08.005. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources