Prurigo nodularis associated with malabsorption.

The case of a 72-year-old female with a syndrome of malabsorption associated with prurigo nodularis is reported. The patient had been suffering from these disorders for 16 years. The pathological alteration of her malabsorption syndrome was an idiopathic sprue. 5 months after treatment with gluten-free diet supplemented with vitamins and iron, the disappearance of the clinical and analytical alterations was complete.