title: Prurigo pigmentosa associated with an atopic diathesis in a 13-year-old girl.
abstract: We report an Italian prepubescent girl with the typical clinical and histologic features of prurigo pigmentosa associated with an atopic diathesis. The dermatitis disappeared after treatment with minocycline, leaving a brown, reticulated hyperpigmentation, with no recurrence. The association with an atopic diathesis could justify, in this instance, the major susceptibility to environmental factors claimed by some authors as triggering factors for prurigo pigmentosa. To our knowledge, this is only the second occurrence of this disease in a prepubescent patient reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: San Gallicano Dermatologic Institute, IRCCS, Rome, Italy. carlocota@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cota
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amantea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000150:complications*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D008911:Minocycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011536:Prurigo / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D008911:Minocycline