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Paroxysmal pruritus and multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
KOEPPEL M.C.,
BRAMONT C.,
CECCALDI M.,
HABIB M.,
SAYAG J.
Publication year - 1993
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.1365-2133.1993.tb00492.x
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , spinal cord , lesion , dermatology , radiology , pathology , psychiatry
Summary We report a patient who presented with paroxysmal pruritus in association with multiple sclerosis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spinal cord showed a lesion at a level corresponding to the dermatomal location of the pruritus.