Erythema Multiforme, Drug Reaction - DermAtlas

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Jeffrey Lackey

Diagnosis

erythema multiforme drug reaction

Body Site

mouth vermillion/ vermilion border tongue, ventral surface tongue

Age

68 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

ulcerated (erosion / ulcer)

Pattern

periorificial

Comments

This 68-year-old woman with a know history of sulfonamide allergy developed ulcerations on the bottom of her tongue and vermillion border 2 days after starting sulfamethoxazole/trimethorpin for a skin infection of her finger. The eruption began to clear within 24 hours of discontinuing the antibiotic.

Description

localized ulcerations with pseudomembrane

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6/12/2010 13:15:20

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