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Pruritus

Pruritus with Diagnostic Skin Lesions

Infestation (especially scabies, lice, fleas)
Xerosis (dry skin; for example, secondary to low humidity or excessive bathing)
Infection, especially bacterial, fungal, varicella
Eczematous dermatitis (e.g., atopic, contact)
Urticaria
Psoriasis
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Bullous pemphigoid
Lichen planus
Miliaria
Mastocytosis
Mycosis fungoides

Pruritus without Diagnostic Skin Lesions

Infestation, especially
   Hookworm
   Onchocerciasis
   Ascariasis
   Trichinosis
Drugs
   Opiates
   Aspirin
   Estrogens, progestins, androgens
   Erythromycin
   Sulfonylureas
   Phenothiazines
   Quinidine
   Vitamin B complex
   Psoralen/ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA)
Obstructive liver disease
   Bile duct obstruction, extrahepatic
   Bile duct obstruction, intrahepatic
       Biliary cirrhosis
       Drug-induced cholestasis (oral contraceptives, phenothiazines, chlorpropamide)
       Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Neoplasm, especially
   Lymphoma, leukemia
   Abdominal malignancy
   Central nervous system malignancy
   Paraproteinemia
   Carcinoid tumor
Polycythemia vera
Iron deficiency
Diabetes mellitus
Hyperthyroidism
Chronic renal failure (with or without secondary hyperparathyroidism)
Neurodermatitis

References

1. Helm, pp. 156–160. See Bibliography, 2.
2. Greco PJ, Ende J: Pruritus. J Gen Int Med   7:340–349, 1992.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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