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Jayakar Thomas, MD. PhD

Diagnosis

drug reaction, fixed

Body Site

back

Age

32 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

red purple

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

A 32-year-old man develolped an itchy annular plaque on the back while taking a sulfonamide antibiotic for bronchitis. The plaque resolved when the medication was discontinued and healed with postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

Description

annular red plaque with violaceous crusted center

Categories

drug reaction

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10/28/2003 17:18:37

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