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Cryotherapy Improves Prurigo Nodularis

John J. Voorhees, MD; William B. Taylor, MD; Reynold C. Wong, MD; Thomas P. Waldinger, MD
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Accepted for publication July 5, 1983.

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From the Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.


Arch Dermatol. 1984;120(12):1598-1600. doi:10.1001/archderm.1984.01650480060020
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• A 55-year-old black woman with an eight-year history of prurigo nodularis was treated successfully with blistering cryotherapy. Cryotherapy resulted in smooth macule formation and afforded extended relief of pruritus. Several standard modalities of treatment had been used previously and had resulted in only partial relief of symptoms and minimal reduction of nodule size. This case demonstrates that cryotherapy can be a useful therapeutic alternative for prurigo nodularis.

(Arch Dermatol 1984;120:1598-1600)

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Graham GF:  Cryosurgery in treatment of acne and specific cutaneous neoplasia , in Zacarian SA (ed): Cryosurgical Advances in Dermatology and Tumors of the Head and Neck . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1977;, pp 74-97.
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Jorizzo JL, Gatti S, Smith EB:  Prurigo: A clinical review . J Am Acad Dermatol 1981;;4:723-728.
Griether A:  On the different forms of prurigo . Curr Probl Dermatol 1970;;3:1-30.
Shelley WB: Consultations in Dermatology, II . Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1974;, p 47.
Van den Broek H:  Treatment of prurigo nodularis with thalidomide . Arch Dermatol 1980;;116:571-572.
Vaatainen N, Hannuksela M, Karvonen J:  Local photochemotherapy in nodular prurigo . Acta Dermatol Venereol 1979;;59:544-547.
Graham GF:  Cryosurgery in treatment of acne and specific cutaneous neoplasia , in Zacarian SA (ed): Cryosurgical Advances in Dermatology and Tumors of the Head and Neck . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1977;, pp 74-97.
Millins JL, Fenske NA, Pierce D:  Neurological complications of cryosurgery . J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1980;;6:207-209.
Zancarian SA:  Cryogenics, the cryolesion and the pathogenesis of cryonecrosis , in Zacarian SA (ed): Cryosurgical Advances in Dermatology and Tumors of the Head and Neck . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1977;, pp 3-37.

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