Abstract

PINAR MANZANET, J. M.; BELLO GONZALEZ, C.  and  GONZALEZ MUNOZ, C.. Sezary syndrome as pruritus cause in old age. Medifam [online]. 2001, vol.11, n.10, pp.64-72. ISSN 1131-5768.

Pruritus can be defined as a "special sensation" in the skin, physiological or pathological, that moves to scratch. It can appear because of many causes so, diagnosis of pruritus due to "dry skin" mustn´t be done too quickly (specially in old age) without excluding previously other pruritus causes, both cutaneous (as psoriasis, neoplasias, etc.) both internal (drugs, iron-deficiency, hyper or hypothyroidism, etc.).  We report the case of a 87 years old woman complaining a long evolution pruritus, whose study was concluded as Sezary syndrome, leukemic expression of mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma).  We also explain differential diagnosis of chronic pruritus, its management and the necessary relation between Primary Health Care and Specialized Assistance.

Keywords : Pruritus; Cutaneous lymphoma; Sezary syndrome.

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