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53 Year Old Man with Chronic Itching

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A 53-year-old man comes in complaining of a chronic itchy sensation “everywhere on my body.” Scratching is the only thing that makes him feel better. He has been struggling with this symptom for the past year, and it has been progressively worsening. He does not notice a seasonal variation.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Reena Rupani

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Rupani, R. (2015). 53 Year Old Man with Chronic Itching. In: Clinical Cases in Integrative Dermatology. Clinical Cases in Dermatology, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10244-3_3

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