Drug Reaction, Drug Reaction, Pustular, Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

drug reaction drug reaction, pustular acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Body Site

leg thigh

Age

12 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papule

Pattern

generalized, disseminated central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 12-year-old bone marrow transplant recipient developed a high fever and generalized edematous red pustular eruption. Lesions started on the trunk and proximal extremities and generalized. She developed edematous plaques on her palms and soles. Although in most patients with AGEP the pustules are usually non-follicular, many of her pustules were follicular. The eruption slowly improved when her vancomycin was discontinued.

Description

generalized symmetric erythema, edema, and 1-3 mm pustules

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1/3/2005 8:20:03

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