• J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Sep 2020

    Case Reports

    Pruritic Manifestation of Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma Effectively Managed with Mirtazapine: A Case Report.

    • Hannah Bromberg, Young Chang, and David Craig.
    • Hannah Bromberg, DO, Palliative Care Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA; Young Chang, MD, Palliative Care Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA; David Craig, PharmD, Palliative Care Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.
    • J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2020 Sep 1; 34 (3): 153-154.

    AbstractChronic pruritus associated with underlying malignancy can greatly hinder a patient's quality of life. The severity is variable and patients frequently fail traditional first line therapies. We report a patient with diffuse, chronic pruritus secondary to peripheral T Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) who had same day response to mirtazapine after a litany of other agents were unsuccessful.

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