Successful Treatment of Adult-Onset Erythromelalgia with Steroid Pulse and Pregabalin
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Successful Treatment of Adult-Onset Erythromelalgia with Steroid Pulse and Pregabalin
Adult-onset erythromelalgia (EM) is a rare disease characterized by episodic bouts of burning pain and erythema for which the optimal therapy is unclear. In this report, we describe a 68-year-old Japanese woman with adult-onset EM. Intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg/day dramatically improved her pain as evaluated by the visual analog scale. Although the p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Dermatology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1662-6567
DOI: 10.1159/000345377