Prurito de difícil tratamiento, indicador precoz de neoplasia hematológica

Braulio Mauricio Fleitas Goiriz; Aramí María Centurión Villalba; Verónica Rose Marie Rotela Fisch; Romylda Dalisse Giardina Varela; María Belén Goiburu Chenú; Liz Marlene Flor Gonzalez; Arnaldo Benjamín Feliciano Aldama Caballero

Braulio Mauricio Fleitas Goiriz Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9390-620X
Aramí María Centurión Villalba Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2085-1580
Verónica Rose Marie Rotela Fisch Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6016-0044
Romylda Dalisse Giardina Varela Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8760-6336
María Belén Goiburu Chenú Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0896-3154
Liz Marlene Flor Gonzalez Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-2760
Arnaldo Benjamín Feliciano Aldama Caballero Universidad Nacional de Asunción https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9844-5128

Palabras clave: prurito, enfermedad de Hodgkin, fototerapia

Resumen

El prurito es una sensación desagradable que provoca el deseo de rascarse. Aunque frecuentemente se relaciona con enfermedades cutáneas primarias, en muchos casos puede ser la manifestación inicial, o incluso el único síntoma de una enfermedad sistémica. Las causas sistémicas más frecuentes son las enfermedades hematológicas y hepáticas.

En este reporte se describe un caso de linfoma de Hodgkin, que se manifestó con prurito de larga data que no respondía a tratamientos convencionales. Se inició fototerapia como medicación antipruriginosa lográndose buena respuesta y mejoría del cuadro.

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