Síndrome de Sezary como causa de prurito en el anciano
2001; SciELO; Volume: 11; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4321/s1131-57682001001000008
ISSN1131-5768
AutoresJ.M. Pinar Manzanet, Clarós González, C. González Muñoz,
Tópico(s)Fungal Infections and Studies
ResumoPruritus can be defined as a special sensation in the skin, physiological or pathological, that moves to scratch. It can appear because of many causes so, diagnosis of pruritus due to dry skin mustn's be done too quickly (specially in old age) without excluding previously other pruritus causes, both cutaneous (as psoriasis, neoplasias, etc.) both internal (drugs, iron-deficiency, hyper or hypothyroidism, etc.). We report the case of a 87 years old woman complaining a long evolution pruritus, whose study was concluded as Sezary syndrome, leukemic expression of mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma). We also explain differential diagnosis of chronic pruritus, its management and the necessary relation between Primary Health Care and Specialized Assistance.
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