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Pamela Kirschner Weinfeld, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(8):980-982.

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INTRODUCTION

Notalgia paresthetica is a chronic condition that, while not life threatening, produces symptoms that are incessant and onerous to many patients. To date, there has been no effective, long-lasting, noninvasive treatment for this condition, which decreases the patient's quality of life.

REPORT OF CASES

CASE 1

A 52-year-old white woman presented with a 2- to 4-year history of pruritus of her upper back, which she described as a 7 on a severity scale of 1 to 10. She reported scratching her back twice a day. She had tried moisturizers and topical corticosteroids with no improvement. She recalled that her father had had a similar itch on his back for years that induced him to repeatedly scratch his back on a doorpost. Her medical history was remarkable only for gastroesophageal reflux disease, which was responsive to ranitidine, and for rosacea, for which she used topical metronidazole. She had no drug allergies. On . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CASE 2

THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE

SOLUTION

COMMENT

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Division of Dermatology, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts

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