SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF HYDROXYETHYL STARCH-INDUCED PRURITUS WITH TOPICAL CAPSAICIN

Authors
SZEIMIES RM STOLZ W WLOTZKE U KORTING HC LANDTHALER M
Citation
Rm. Szeimies et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF HYDROXYETHYL STARCH-INDUCED PRURITUS WITH TOPICAL CAPSAICIN, British journal of dermatology, 131(3), 1994, pp. 380-382
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
131
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
380 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1994)131:3<380:STOHSP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report a case of recalcitrant pruritus after infusion therapy with hydroxyethyl starch (HES) for sudden deafness. The diagnosis was confi rmed by detection of typical HES storage vacuoles within dermal macrop hages and perineural cells. Treatment with antihistamines and antiprur itic agents, UVB irradiation, and neuroleptic drugs, was ineffective. Topical capsaicin (0.05%) twice daily produced excellent symptomatic r elief, without side-effects.