[A case of atopic dermatitis treated with stellate ganglion block--the change of serum IgE and blood eosinophil levels].

Stellate ganglion block (SGB) therapy was tried on a patient with severe adult type atopic dermatitis. SGB was performed 102 times in total and clinical symptoms improved gradually. Serum IgE and blood eosinophil levels, which correlate with disease severity, increased gradually following repeated SGB. After a series of SGB was stopped, clinical symptoms became worse and serum IgE and blood eosinophil levels increased again. We conclude that although SGB is presumably one of the effective therapies for severe adult type atopic dermatitis, it might be difficult to improve atopic constitution entirely because the patient was not cured completely following repeated SGB.