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Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2019
Case ReportsTwenty-five year-old female with sudden onset itchy skin eruption over her upper back and chest three weeks after starting a ketogenic diet.
- Salim Alkeraye, Abdullah AlMuqrin, Sami Mufleh AlQahtani, Mohammed AlSwayyed, and Abdulrahman Alhuzimi.
- From the Department of Dermatology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Ann Saudi Med. 2019 Nov 1; 39 (6): 444-445.
AbstractPrurigo pigmentosa is a rare pruritic inflammatory dermatosis with a unique staged clinicopathological presentation. It was first reported by Nagashima in 1971, and recently, more cases have been reported We introduce a case of a young Saudi female who developed biopsy proved prurigo pigmentosa after she followed strict ketogenic diet. Her condition resolved after she resumed a regular diet.
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