Paroxysmal pruritus and multiple sclerosis

Br J Dermatol. 1993 Nov;129(5):597-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb00492.x.

Abstract

We report a patient who presented with paroxysmal pruritus in association with multiple sclerosis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spinal cord showed a lesion at a level corresponding to the dermatomal location of the pruritus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multiple Sclerosis / complications*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis
  • Pruritus / complications*
  • Pruritus / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord / pathology