Polycythemia vera

Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an elevated absolute red blood cell mass caused by uncontrolled red blood cell production, frequently associated with uncontrolled white blood cell and platelet production.

Pruritus

Pruritus is an itch or a sensation that makes a person want to scratch. This term refers to an abnormally increased disposition to experience pruritus.


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PMID (PMCID)
15897170
 MALE
Resolution of pruritus secondary to polycythemia vera in a patient treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy.
Madkan VK, Bandow GD, Koo JY.
J Dermatolog Treat. 2005;16(1):56-7.
Polycythemia vera is one cause of intractable pruritus that has recently been treated successfully with narrow-band UVB.
15897170
 MALE
Resolution of pruritus secondary to polycythemia vera in a patient treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy.
Madkan VK, Bandow GD, Koo JY.
J Dermatolog Treat. 2005;16(1):56-7.
Resolution of pruritus secondary to polycythemia vera in a patient treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy.
15897170
 MALE
Resolution of pruritus secondary to polycythemia vera in a patient treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy.
Madkan VK, Bandow GD, Koo JY.
J Dermatolog Treat. 2005;16(1):56-7.
We describe the case of a 77-year-old Caucasian male with a 4-year history of polycythemia vera complicated by intractable pruritus.
15482300
 FEMALE
Cutaneous sarcoidosis and polycythemia vera.
Pascual JC, Belinchon I, Albares P, Vergara G, Betlloch I, Banuls J.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2004;18(6):700-1.
Cutaneous symptoms have been reported with polycythemia vera, including facial plethora, aquagenic pruritus, urticaria, purpura, Sweet's syndrome and pyoderma gangrenosum.
12671583
 FEMALE Adult
[Aquadynia: a role for VIP?].
Misery L, Meyronet D, Pichon M, Brutin JL, Pestre P, Cambazard F.
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2003;130(2 Pt 1):195-8.
Differential diagnoses of aquadynia are aquagenic pruritus and urticaria, hysteria or simulation, Fabry's disease, erythermalgia, peripheral neuropathy or polycythemia vera.
11978570
 FEMALE
Acute leucocytoclastic vasculitis and aquagenic pruritus long preceding polycythemia rubra vera.
Gerlini G, Prignano F, Pimpinelli N.
Eur J Dermatol. 2002;12(3):270-1.
Acute leucocytoclastic vasculitis and aquagenic pruritus long preceding polycythemia rubra vera.
8525344
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Pruritus--also a challenge in internal medicine].
Brunner W.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1995;125(46):2244-50.
Five characteristic cases of pruritus are discussed: Hodgkin's disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, polycythemia vera, iron deficiency (with pica), and uremia.
8358102
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Aquagenic pruritus as a presenting symptom of polycythemia vera.
Abdel-Naser MB, Gollnick H, Orfanos CE.
Dermatology. 1993;187(2):130-3.
Aquagenic pruritus as a presenting symptom of polycythemia vera.