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Hiroshi Koga, MD; Takahiro Hamada, MD; Bungo Ohyama, MD; Takekuni Nakama, MD; Shinichiro Yasumoto, MD; Takashi Hashimoto, MD

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Report of a Case

In October 2006, a 70-year-old Japanese woman came to our hospital for evaluation of her severe itching accompanied by nodular skin lesions on the trunk and extremities (Figure 1A), symptoms that clinically suggested prurigo nodularis. There were no blister formations at the time of initial presentation, but several small blisters sometimes appeared on the extremities during the course of the disease (Figure 1B).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Prurigo nodularis–like lesions are present on the lower limb (A), and a bulla and erosion are found on the forearm (B).

Her medical history included (1) idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (ICEP) confirmed by chest radiography and computed tomography, (2) pulmonary eosinophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and (3) a transbronchial lung biopsy 6 years previously. She had no atopic diathesis and was taking . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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