title: Prurigo nodularis associated with advanced gastric cancer: report of a case.
abstract: In a male Japanese patient, prurigo nodularis (PN) appeared in association with gastric cancer. The cutaneous pruriginous lesions dramatically improved soon after total gastrectomy without any treatment for the skin lesions. Peripheral eosinophilia seen before the operation also rapidly disappeared. These data suggest that some cytokines involved in gastric cancer might have played an important role in the development of PN in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dekio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jidoi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011536:Prurigo / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery