Drug Reaction, Drug Reaction, Fixed - DermAtlas

Contributor

Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

drug reaction drug reaction, fixed

Body Site

arm

Age

17 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

purple

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

An adolescent boy developed a round itchy purple plaque on the right forearm every time he took a non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) for pain related to sports activities. The lesion invariably healed leaving post inflammatory hyperpigmentation only to recur with subsequent challenge with the same NSAID.

Description

5 cm round purple plaque

Image Added

3/10/2002 10:31:49

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