An intensely pruritic pebbled presentation

An Unusual Case: Intensely Pruritic Eruptive Syringoma

An 18-year old Afro-Caribbean woman presented with a 2-year history of a gradual onset, severely pruritic eruption affecting her upper chest and arms. The eruption started as crops of itchy papules on her upper chest, which were slowly spreading to her abdomen and inner aspect of both forearms. Emollients and topical steroids had been ineffective. She had no past medical history or family histo...

An intensely pruritic papular eruption - is there a distant cause?

Intensely Pruritic Papules and Plaques in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) is lymphoplasmacytoid malignancy that affects B lymphocytes. Cutaneous involvement of WM is rare, but various cutaneous manifestations have been reported. These findings are due to various pathological processes including direct invasion of tumor cells into the skin, deposition of paraproteins, hyperviscosity syndrome, and cryoglobulinemia. A 64-year-old man...

A Pruritic Hypopigmented Cutaneous Eruption: Atypical Presentation of Papular Elastorrhexis

2–8, 2013; Baltimore, MD. 11. Strutton G, Rubin AI, Weedon D. Tumors and tumor-like proliferations of fibrous and related tissues. In: Strutton G, Rubin AI, Weedon D, eds. Weedon’s Skin Pathology. China: Elsevier; 2011:Chapter 34, page 836. 12. Giuffrida TJ, Kligora CJ, Goldstein GD. Localized cutaneous metastases from an atypical fibroxanthoma. Dermatol Surg. 2004;30 (12 pt 2):1561–1564. 13. A...

Pruritic erythematous plaques.

Volume 90, Number 5 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 319 A 65-year-old woman presented with a three-month history of erythematous skin patches on her trunk and extremities that were slowly increasing in size and number. The patches were pruritic and unresponsive to diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and cetirizine (Zyrtec). The pruritus interfered with her sleep. She did not have recent illne...