Acral Prurigo Nodularis: A Case Report

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic skin disease that manifests with severe itchy, firm, hyperkeratotic nodules distributed on the trunk and the extremities symmetrically. Here, we report a unique presentation of PN. A 26-year-old male presented with multiple itchy nodules over the hands and feet sp...

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Autores principales: Albinhamad, Abdulaziz, Almazied, Mohammad, Alharithy, Ru'aa, Alhumidi, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9586188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36304386
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29405
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author Albinhamad, Abdulaziz
Almazied, Mohammad
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description Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic skin disease that manifests with severe itchy, firm, hyperkeratotic nodules distributed on the trunk and the extremities symmetrically. Here, we report a unique presentation of PN. A 26-year-old male presented with multiple itchy nodules over the hands and feet sparing the trunk, which were confirmed histologically as PN. This is the first reported case of PN with exclusive acral distribution.
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spelling pubmed-95861882022-10-26 Acral Prurigo Nodularis: A Case Report Albinhamad, Abdulaziz Almazied, Mohammad Alharithy, Ru'aa Alhumidi, Ahmed Cureus Dermatology Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic skin disease that manifests with severe itchy, firm, hyperkeratotic nodules distributed on the trunk and the extremities symmetrically. Here, we report a unique presentation of PN. A 26-year-old male presented with multiple itchy nodules over the hands and feet sparing the trunk, which were confirmed histologically as PN. This is the first reported case of PN with exclusive acral distribution. Cureus 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9586188/ /pubmed/36304386 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29405 Text en Copyright © 2022, Albinhamad et al. https://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.
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title_full Acral Prurigo Nodularis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Acral Prurigo Nodularis: A Case Report
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title_short Acral Prurigo Nodularis: A Case Report
title_sort acral prurigo nodularis: a case report
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9586188/
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