Drug Reaction, Fixed, Hyperpigmentation, Post Inflammatory - DermAtlas

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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

drug reaction, fixed hyperpigmentation, post inflammatory

Body Site

chest trunk

Age

30 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

scattered

Color

brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 30-year-old man had a 2 year history of a skin disseminated eruption which developed when he took sulfonamides. When active the plaques were edematous and red to violaceous. When he finished the medication the lesions healed with discrete bluish to black round patches of various sizes.

Description

scattered disseminated discrete dark brown round patches

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9/4/2011 13:08:23

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