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Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery
Itch is a frequent complaint reported by the patients and is usually ascribed to dermatological causes. Central neurogenic pruritus remains an under-recognized complication with an unclear etiology previously described in the patients with stroke or with an intramedullary mass of the spinal cord. We...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32699661 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8661 |
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author | Agarwal, Ankit Fernandez Bowman, Adriana |
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description | Itch is a frequent complaint reported by the patients and is usually ascribed to dermatological causes. Central neurogenic pruritus remains an under-recognized complication with an unclear etiology previously described in the patients with stroke or with an intramedullary mass of the spinal cord. We describe a case of a nine-year-old male who developed unilateral pruritus seven days after he underwent right hemicraniectomy due to ruptured arteriovenous malformation. The patient manifested a significant improvement in pruritus after starting gabapentin. This report highlights the need for having a high index of suspicion for central neurogenic pruritus in such patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-73706662020-07-21 Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery Agarwal, Ankit Fernandez Bowman, Adriana Cureus Dermatology Itch is a frequent complaint reported by the patients and is usually ascribed to dermatological causes. Central neurogenic pruritus remains an under-recognized complication with an unclear etiology previously described in the patients with stroke or with an intramedullary mass of the spinal cord. We describe a case of a nine-year-old male who developed unilateral pruritus seven days after he underwent right hemicraniectomy due to ruptured arteriovenous malformation. The patient manifested a significant improvement in pruritus after starting gabapentin. This report highlights the need for having a high index of suspicion for central neurogenic pruritus in such patients. Cureus 2020-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7370666/ /pubmed/32699661 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8661 Text en Copyright © 2020, Agarwal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Agarwal, Ankit Fernandez Bowman, Adriana Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery |
title | Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery |
title_full | Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery |
title_fullStr | Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery |
title_short | Unilateral Neurogenic Pruritus Following Intracranial Surgery |
title_sort | unilateral neurogenic pruritus following intracranial surgery |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32699661 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8661 |
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