Sweet syndrome-like cutaneous drug reaction



Título del documento: Sweet syndrome-like cutaneous drug reaction
Revista: Anais brasileiros de dermatologia
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000417435
ISSN: 0365-0596
Autores: 1
2
3
4
Instituciones: 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
Año:
Periodo: Nov-Dic
Volumen: 92
Número: 6
Paginación: 862-864
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: 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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