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Benjamin Rochin

Diagnosis

drug reaction, bullous phototoxic reaction

Body Site

forearm arm hand

Age

42 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant) sun exposed areas

Comments

Two days after ingesting a veterinary antibiotic, this 42-year-old man developed a red, itchy, bullous eruption on sunexposed areas of the body. A skin biopsy revealed a phototoxic drug eruption.

Description

symmetric red edematous papules and bullae on sunexposed areas

Categories

photosensitivity, photoexacerbated vesiculobullous eruptions

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12/6/2004 22:08:42

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