PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA (NAGASHIMA) ASSOCIATED WITH ANOREXIA-NERVOSA

Authors
NAKADA T SUEKI H IIJIMA M
Citation
T. Nakada et al., PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA (NAGASHIMA) ASSOCIATED WITH ANOREXIA-NERVOSA, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 23(1), 1998, pp. 25-27
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
25 - 27
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1998)23:1<25:PP(AWA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Prurigo pigmentosa (Nagashima), which is not rare in Japan, is an infl ammatory disease of unknown aetiology. The characteristic lesions are pruritic red papules, superseded by reticular hyperpigmentation, chara cteristically on the back, neck, and chest.(1) We now report a case of prurigo pigmentosa associated with anorexia nervosa. These findings s uggest that the ketosis produced by anorexia nervosa may well contribu te to the pathogenesis of prurigo pigmentosa.