Aquagenic urticaria and human immunodeficiency virus infection: treatment with stanozolol.

Br J Dermatol. 1997 Oct;137(4):620-2.

Aquagenic urticaria and human immunodeficiency virus infection: treatment with
stanozolol.

Fearfield LA, Gazzard B, Bunker CB.

Department of Dermatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, U.K.

We report the first case of aquagenic urticaria in a patient with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This is a rare physical urticaria not
previously described in this context. The disorder proved unamenable to
conventional treatment with antihistamines, but did respond dramatically to
stanozolol, suggesting a novel indication for this anabolic steroid.