A case of severe paraneoplastic itch resistant to antihistamines and responding to serotonin reuptake inhibitors

A case of severe paraneoplastic itch resistant to antihistamines and responding to serotonin reuptake inhibitors

This article covers an interesting topic. Paraneoplastic pruritus is rare but can be severe. It can sometimes be resistant to usual treatments. In our case, it was resistant to antihistamines but was relieved by inhibitors of serotonin scrapping.

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2021, Vol.9 (7), p.e04279-e04279
Hauptverfasser: Werda, Ines, Feki, Jihene, Khemiri, Souhir, Ben Kridis, Wala, Khanfir, Afef
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article covers an interesting topic. Paraneoplastic pruritus is rare but can be severe. It can sometimes be resistant to usual treatments. In our case, it was resistant to antihistamines but was relieved by inhibitors of serotonin scrapping.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.4279