Segmental pruritus and intramedullary vascular malformation.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_D61971902645
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Segmental pruritus and intramedullary vascular malformation.
Journal
Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie
ISSN
0258-7661
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1994
Volume
145
Number
3
Pages
13-16
Language
english
Notes
Case Reports Vuadens, P Regli, F Dolivo, M Uske, A Switzerland Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie (Zurich, Switzerland : 1985) Schweiz Arch Neurol Psychiatr. 1994;145(3):13-6.
Abstract
Pruritus remains a medical mystery. Generally related with dermatological diseases, it is rarely associated with a neurological cause. We report a case of segmental pruritus (right T2 dermatome) related to an intramedullary vascular malformation. An anatomicophysiological explanation is presented. It is the first demonstration in man that pain receptors are not involved in pruritus, and suggests pruritus is under the control of descending inhibitory pathways.
Keywords
Aged, Arm/innervation, Arteriovenous Malformations/complications, Arteriovenous Malformations/diagnosis, Female, Functional Laterality/physiology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neural Inhibition/physiology, Pruritus/etiology, Pruritus/physiopathology, Skin/innervation, Spinal Cord/blood supply, Syringomyelia/complications, Syringomyelia/diagnosis
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