TY - JOUR
AU - Onur, Ozlem
AB -  Cutaneous dysesthesia syndrome is a disorder characterized by chronic cutaneous symptoms without objective findings. Patients complain of burning, stinging, and itching sensations that are often triggered or exacerbated by psychological or physical stress. Scalp dysesthesia (SD) is a condition in which chronic severe pain and/or pruritus of the scalp occur without any dermatological findings. Herein, we report a female patient who presented with severe pain and pruritus of the scalp of two months’ duration, without any objective physical findings, who was treated successfully with pregabalin. This case report should remind readers that pregabalin, which is frequently used in physical medicine to combat neuropathic pain, can be administered in patients with cutaneous dysesthesia syndrome. A 30‐year‐old woman presented at our dermatology outpatient clinic with a burning, stinging, and pruritic scalp of two months’ duration. She had been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder by a psychiatrist six months earlier and had been prescribed sertraline hydrochloride 100 mg/d without any improvement. Corticosteroid lotions and antifungal shampoos did not bring relief. The patient’s anamnesis did not reveal any other disease in herself or her relatives. She was a housewife and a mother of three children. She did not have any marital problems. 
TI - Women with scalp dysesthesia treated with pregabalin
JF - International Journal of Dermatology
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05158.x
DA - 2013-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/women-with-scalp-dysesthesia-treated-with-pregabalin-zopb0OsFGM
SP - 1417
EP - 1418
VL - 52
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -