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Notalgia paresthetica with a significant increase in the number of intradermal nerves
H Serhat Inaloz1, Necmettin Kirtak, H Gulcin Erguven
1Department of Dermatology, University of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
The Journal of Dermatology
|December 18, 2002
Abstract:
Notalgia paresthetica is an isolated mononeuropathy involving the skin over or near the scapula. The cause remains unknown. We histologically observed a significant increase in the number of dermal nerves in a case of notalgia paresthetica. Immunohistochemical examination using a neural marker, S-100, positively stained the nerves. Interestingly, a biopsy from perilesional skin also showed an abnormal nerve proliferation.