Uremic pruritus
Uremic pruritus
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.ki.5002197
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发表时间:
2007-08-01
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
Singh, A. K.
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作者:
Keithi-Reddy, S. R.;Patel, T. V.;Singh, A. K.
A 51-year-old African American male with diabetes, hypertension, and stage 5 chronic kidney disease presents with intense generalized itching of 1-month duration as well as nausea and vomiting of 3 days duration. He had no skin lesions that preceded the onset of itching. The patient described the itching as predominantly occurring during the day. He denied any occupational exposure. His past medical history was notable also for hepatitis C. His medications included aspirin, neutral protamine hagedorn insulin, calcitriol, calcium acetate, nifedipine, clonidine, lisinopril, and furosemide. He had been on these medications for more than 1 year at varying doses. Social history was significant for occasional tobacco and alcohol use as well as crack-cocaine consumption once every 4-6 weeks. There was no significant family history. Pertinent in the review of systems was the absence of a history of fever, weight loss, fatigue, or malaise. There was no history of jaundice. He denied oral or genital ulcers. Blood pressure at presentation was 158/92mm Hg and heart rate 80 beats/min. He was afebrile and had a normal respiratory rate. The patient had powdery deposits on his face. He was anicteric. He had bilateral pedal pitting edema. Examination of skin revealed generalized xerosis with multiple lichenified patches on the back, chest, abdomen, upper and lower extremities with more than 90% body surface involved. There were multiple excoriated 2-4mm nodules on the lower extremities bilaterally (Figure 1a) and on the back (Figure 1b). There were no burrows or vesicles between his finger or toe web spaces. The oral cavity and genitalia were normal. The rest of the examination was unremarkable. Blood work on admission revealed serum electrolytes within the normal range. Blood urea nitrogen, 93mg/dl (normal range 8-18mg/ dl); serum creatinine, 10.8mg/dl; blood glucose, 155mg/dl; liver function tests including transaminases and bilirubin were within normal limits; serum albumin, 3.6 g/dl (normal range 3-5 g/dl); serum calcium, 7.7mg/dl; serum phosphate, 4.4mg/dl; intactparathyroid hormone (iPTH), 266 pg/ml. White blood cell count was 9.58 x 10(6)/l (normal range 4.5-11 x 10(6)/l), white blood cell count differential: segmented neutrophils 54% (normal range 54 - 62%), lymphocytes 15.9% (normal range 25-33%), and monocytes 5.8% ( normal range 3-7%), eosinophils 24% and less than 5% band forms. Peripheral smear examination revealed anisomicrocytosis with burr cells and spherocytes. Antinuclear antibody was negative. Thyrotropic hormone was 2.38mU/ml.