Acute urticaria with angioedema in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019

Abstract

This is the case of a 30-year-old female physician with no relevant past medical history except for pine seeds allergy, following a strict nut-free diet since she was diagnosed. Lipid transfer protein syndrome was ruled out at diagnosis. She did not have a family history of hereditary angioedema, and she was not on any medication. In March 2020, she presented with symptoms of odynophagia and dry cough, with rapid onset of fever. The day after the symptoms appeared, a PCR of upper-airway secretions (by nasopharyngeal swab) was performed, revealing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection.