Palpation reveals the diagnosis

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood Vol. 90; no. 12; p. 1278
• Main Authors: McClelland, V M, Brookfield, D S K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.12.2005; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Antihistamines; Back; Biological and medical sciences; Care and treatment; Children; Clinical Diagnosis; Diagnosis; Diseases; Dosage and administration; General aspects; Histamine H1 Antagonists - therapeutic use; Humans; Images in Paediatrics; Infant; Male; Mast cell disease; mastocytoma; Mastocytoma - complications; Mastocytoma - diagnosis; Mastocytoma - drug therapy; Mastocytosis; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Palpation; Pediatric diseases; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; recurrent urticaria; Skin diseases; Urticaria - etiology; Palpation; Pediatrics; Diagnosis; Public health
• ISSN: 0003-9888; 1468-2044
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.085902

Temperature change may also precipitate symptoms. 2 Vesiculation or frank blistering of lesions occurs commonly in infancy and may be confused with bullous impetigo, epidermolysis bullosa, or cigarette burns. 3 Acute systemic symptoms such as flushing, hypotension, and wheeze are more frequent in patients with extensive cutaneous disease, so our patient was unusual in experiencing wheeze and facial swelling.