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Twenty-five year-old female with sudden onset itchy skin eruption over her upper back and chest three weeks after starting a ketogenic diet
- Source :
- Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 39, Iss 6, Pp 444-445 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, 2019.
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Abstract
- Prurigo pigmentosa is a rare pruritic inflammatory dermatosis with a unique staged clinicopathological presentation. It was first reported by Nagashima in 1971, and recently, more cases have been reported We introduce a case of a young Saudi female who developed biopsy proved prurigo pigmentosa after she followed strict ketogenic diet. Her condition resolved after she resumed a regular diet.
- Subjects :
- Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02564947 and 09754466
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Annals of Saudi Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.6db162756ad34777a0d7c83ceb12369d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2019.444