urticarial vasculitis

Cinnarizine has also been found to be a valuable second-line treatment for idiopathic urticarial vasculitis.

Urticarial vasculitis is featured prominently in the 2010 documentary film Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.

Individual hives that are painful, last more than 24 hours, or leave a bruise as they heal are more likely to be a more serious condition called urticarial vasculitis.

Urticarial vasculitis (also known as "Chronic urticaria as a manifestation of venulitis," "Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome," "Hypocomplementemic vasculitis," and "Unusual lupus-like syndrome") is a skin condition characterized by fixed urticarial lesions that appear histologically as a vasculitis.