Drug rash induced by levothyroxine and oral desensitization

Drug rash induced by levothyroxine and oral desensitization

Methods We report a case of drug rash induced by levothyroxine and currently oral desensitization. A 31 year-old woman had been diagnosed as Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. She was having levothyroxine for 9 years when she begun to present bilateral eyelids maculopapular rash. Blood exams and physical examination were normal except for the eyelids ́ rash. As she stopped using levothyroxine, the rash ha...

Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Induced by Celecoxib and Anti-tuberculosis Drugs

Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome reflects a serious hypersensitivity reaction to drugs, characterized by skin rash, fever, lymph node enlargement, and internal organ involvement. So far, numerous drugs such as sulfonamides, phenobarbital, sulfasalazine, carbamazepine, and phenytoin have been reported to cause the DRESS syndrome. We report a case in a 29-yr-old ...

Drug-Induced Oral Reactions

Euthyrox Induced Drug Rash in an Aged Patient.

Correspondence To the Editor: A 65‑year‑old woman was admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital because of rash with pruritus for 1 month after taking Euthyrox. Rash attacked without other symptoms 20 days after she took Euthyrox 50 μg once a day and aggravated when Euthyrox was continued for the next 2 days. The past history included partial thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism in 1982; t...

Paroxetine-induced multifocal fixed drug rash: An incident, hitherto unreported

Indian Journal of Psychiatry Volume 59, Issue 2, April-June 2017 250 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, 1Department of Pharmacology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 2Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar, India. E-mail: drvpgir...