1/3. cryotherapy improves prurigo nodularis.A 55-year-old black woman with an eight-year history of prurigo nodularis was treated successfully with blistering cryotherapy. cryotherapy resulted in smooth macule formation and afforded extended relief of pruritus. Several standard modalities of treatment had been used previously and had resulted in only partial relief of symptoms and minimal reduction of nodule size. This case demonstrates that cryotherapy can be a useful therapeutic alternative for prurigo nodularis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = black (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/3. Perforating folliculitis in association with hemodialysis.Five patients developed pruritic, keratotic, perforating follicular papules and nodules within 2 months of starting maintenance hemodialysis. Clinically and histologically, the papules and nodules showed the features of perforating folliculitis with superimposed prurigo nodularis, a condition not previously described in patients on maintenance dialysis. The patients with perforating folliculitis constituted 10% of our patients on dialysis during the period of this study. Notably, all five patients were black and had chronic renal failure secondary to diabetic nephropathy. The precise pathogenesis of perforating folliculitis in these patients is unclear at this time.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = black (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/3. Multiple cutaneous granular cell tumors simulating prurigo nodularis.A 37-year-old black man with 64 pruritic cutaneous granular cell tumors represents the highest number of such lesions ever reported. The clinical resemblance to prurigo nodularis are the unique features. Partial response to intralesional corticosteroid injection is noted.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = black (Clic here for more details about this article) |