Prurigo pigmentosa treated with doxycycline.
Prurigo pigmentosa is characterized by an inflammatory phase with pruritic erythematous papules and a resolution phase with reticulated pigmentation. It is not a well known entity except in Japan. We present a Turkish young man with prurigo pigmentosa treated with doxycycline.
Ekmekci
Tugba Rezan
TR
Departmant of Dermatology, Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. tre@ttnet.net.tr
Altunay
Ilknur Kivanc
IK
Koslu
Adem
A
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011536:Prurigo / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D004318:Doxycycline