| Journal: | Anais brasileiros de dermatologia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000417435 |
| ISSN: | 0365-0596 |
| Authors: | Silva, Lissandra Melati da1 Boechat, Raquel de Almeida2 Hora, Iale Oliveira da3 Pegas, Jose Roberto Pereira4 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Santa Casa da Misericordia do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Dermatologia Professor Rubem David Azulay, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 3Hospital Geral Roberto Santos, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil 4Complexo Hospitalar Padre Bento de Guarulhos, Departamento de Dermatologia, Guarulhos, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Season: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 92 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 862-864 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Cutaneous drug reactions are adverse reactions to medications that may present with different clinical features, ranging from localized to generalized lesions. In this report we describe a case of an unusual drug reaction, resembling the morphology of Sweet syndrome lesions. The patient had a psychiatric illness and was using thioridazine hydrochloride for one year. He developed infiltrated and grouped erythematous lesions on the elbows and knees three days after commencing multiple drugs (promethazine, haloperidol, mirtazapine and levomepromazine). After suspension of these four drugs and after the use of glucocorticoids, the patient had significant clinical improvement |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Dermatología, Farmacología, Hipersensibilidad, Prometazina, Haloperidol, Mirtazapina, Levomepromazina, Eritema, Síndrome de Sweet, Glucocorticoides |
| Keyword: | Dermatology, Pharmacology, Hypersensitivity, Promethazine, Haloperidol, Mirtazapine, Levomepromazine, Erythema, Sweet syndrome, Glucocorticoids |
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