Drug Reaction, Fixed, Drug Reaction - DermAtlas

Contributor

Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, MD

Diagnosis

drug reaction, fixed drug reaction

Body Site

arm

Age

42 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

A 42 year old woman acutely developed multiple red round edematous plaques with central bullae on the abdomen, left arm, and right thigh following ingestion of ciprofloxacin. The eruption promptly healed with postinflammatory hyperpigmentation when the medication was discontined. Oral rechallenge two months later with a small dose of ciprofloxacin reproduced the lesions.

Description

2-4 cm purplish red edeamtous plaques with central bullae

Image Added

12/21/2002 12:29:03

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