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Scalp dysesthesia is a cutaneous syndrome first described in 1998 in 11 women with chronic pruritus, burning, stinging, itching, or pain of the scalp in the absence of “objective findings.” Nine of the patients benefited from low-dose antidepressant therapy. The investigators did not determine if underlying cervical spine disease was present.
Brachioradial pruritus and notalgia paresthetica are characterized by localized pruritus caused by spinal cord pathology. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies show nerve compression in the cervical-thoracic spinal column correlating with the distribution of pruritus. These authors investigated whether scalp dysesthesia was associated with cervical spine disease.
A retrospective chart review at a univ…