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Aquagenic pruritus associated with the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
Author(s) -
NEWTON JULIA A.,
SINGH A.K.,
GREAVES M.W.,
SPRY C.J.F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1990.tb08246.x
Subject(s) - hypereosinophilic syndrome , medicine , dermatology , eosinophil , peripheral blood , puva therapy , eosinophilia , immunology , asthma , psoriasis
SUMMARY Patients with the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) may develop associated skin disorders. We describe a patient who had xerosis since birth, but who first developed symptoms of aquagenic pruritus soon after he presented with HES. Photochemotherapy with psoralen and UVA treatment reduced his peripheral blood eosinophil count. The good response to treatment suggests that there was a close relationship between the dermatosis and the blood disorder.