papular urticaria

papular urticaria
acute urticaria consisting of a persistent cutaneous eruption that is a hypersensitivity reaction to bites of insects such as mites, fleas, bedbugs, gnats, mosquitoes, or lice, seen primarily in atopic children. Characteristics include small papules, wheals, and combinations of the two, which may become infected or lichenified by rubbing or excoriation. Cf. prurigo mitis. Called also lichen urticatus and strophulus.

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