title: Prurigo pigmentosa treated with doxycycline.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departmant of Dermatology, Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. tre@ttnet.net.tr
authors.forename: Tugba Rezan
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Ekmekci
authors.forename: Ilknur Kivanc
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Altunay
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koslu
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004318:Doxycycline