Abstract
The authors describe a case of a 22-year-old Caucasian patient who experienced the fifth and the sixth flare-ups of the skin rash diagnosed as prurigo pigmentosa which coincided with voluntary body weight loss of 20 kg. Both flare-ups subsided within three weeks after one-off intramuscular application of betamethasone.
Clinicopathological correlation of these two attacks is documented. Current knowledge about this disease as well as treatment possibilities are mentioned in an overview.
It is the first case reported in the czech literature.