Neuropathic itch: causes

Evidence-based neurology checklist on neuropathic itch: causes: Cerebral causes Stroke Trigeminal trophic syndrome Multiple sclerosis (MS) Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Posterior fossa tumours Brainstem paraneoplastic syndrome Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Abscesses Medullary or pontine…

Cerebral causes

  • Stroke
  • Trigeminal trophic syndrome
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
  • Posterior fossa tumours
  • Brainstem paraneoplastic syndrome
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Abscesses
  • Medullary or pontine syrinx

Spinal cord causes

Radicular causes

Neuropathic causes

Genetics causes

Other causes

References

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