Bedside greater occipital nerve block with bupivacaine for the treatment of recalcitrant scalp pruritus

Anusha Kambala; Alexander L Kollhoff; Elena Wei; Kevin K Lee; Hannah Cornman; Emily Z Ma; Jaya Manjunath; Brenda Umenita Imo; Sriya V Reddy; Shawn G Kwatra

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.12.010

Bedside greater occipital nerve block with bupivacaine for the treatment of recalcitrant scalp pruritus

JAAD Case Rep. 2024 Jan 1:44:77-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.12.010. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

No abstract available

Keywords: bupivacaine; chronic itch; chronic pruritus; greater occipital nerve block; local anesthetic; nerve block; neuropathic itch; neuropathic pruritus; peripheral nerve block; scalp dysesthesia; scalp pruritus.

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Case Reports