Prurigo pigmentosa treated with doxycycline

Dermatol Online J. 2006 Jan 27;12(1):9.

Abstract

Prurigo pigmentosa is characterized by an inflammatory phase with pruritic erythematous papules and a resolution phase with reticulated pigmentation. It is not a well known entity except in Japan. We present a Turkish young man with prurigo pigmentosa treated with doxycycline.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Doxycycline / administration & dosage
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hyperpigmentation / complications*
  • Hyperpigmentation / drug therapy
  • Hyperpigmentation / pathology*
  • Male
  • Prurigo / complications*
  • Prurigo / drug therapy
  • Prurigo / pathology*

Substances

  • Doxycycline