Prurigo nodularis treated with narrow band UVB
Abstract
We show a case of a 32 years old female patient, who complained of five years of itchy papules and nodules, developed on the distal parts on the limbs. Crust and scale covered excoriated lesions. A punch biopsy was reported as prurigo nodularis. The response to the conventional treatments was poor, narrow-band UVB was started with good results.
Author Biographies
Diego Mauricio Ordóñez
RIII Dermatología, Universidad del Valle.
Ana Francisca Ramírez
Dermatóloga Oncóloga, Universidad del Valle.
Antonio Torres
Dermatopatólogo. Universidad del Valle.
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