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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Dermatology

Date Submitted: May 25, 2022
Open Peer Review Period: May 25, 2022 - Jul 20, 2022
Date Accepted: Sep 2, 2022
Date Submitted to PubMed: Aug 26, 2023
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Brachioradial Pruritus Due to Cervical Spine Pathology

Grabnar M, Tiwari M, Vallabh J

Brachioradial Pruritus Due to Cervical Spine Pathology

JMIR Dermatol 2022;5(3):e39863

DOI: 10.2196/39863

PMID: 37632900

PMCID: 10334918

Brachioradial Pruritis due to Cervical Spine Pathology

  • Maria Grabnar; 
  • Maneesh Tiwari; 
  • Jayesh Vallabh

ABSTRACT

A 73-year-old female presented with a 2-year history of intermittent pruritis along the neck and dorsolateral upper extremities. The patient never perceived pain in this area, but only severe pruritis which worsened in hot, sunny weather. Pruritis occurred in an episodic pattern, and symptoms improved with daily loratidine and bismuth subsalicyclate, for which she began to take prophylactically after her last episode. The patient reported no dermatological disease, familial pruritis, or trauma to the spine or extremities. Neurological exam was normal at the time of clinic visit, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cervical spine demonstrated multilevel degenerative disease with bilateral neuroforaminal stenosis that was most severe at C4-C5 and C5-C6.


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Please cite as:

Grabnar M, Tiwari M, Vallabh J

Brachioradial Pruritus Due to Cervical Spine Pathology

JMIR Dermatol 2022;5(3):e39863

DOI: 10.2196/39863

PMID: 37632900

PMCID: 10334918

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