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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

Authors :
Salim Alkeraye
Abdullah AlMuqrin
Sami Mufleh AlQahtani
Mohammed AlSwayyed
Abdulrahman Alhuzimi
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.

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

Subjects :
Medicine

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