Low-Dose Trazodone-Related Drug Eruption

Chorea induced by low-dose trazodone.

cause movement disorders. CT brain and chest radiograph were normal. It was decided not to perform MRI brain as it was felt that the probability of an ischaemic lesion not visualised by CT was very low. Routine bloods demonstrated no abnormalities in the full blood count, liver function or renal function. The patient had been noted to be hyponatraemic for at least 2 years (around 125–130 mmol/l...

Lichenoid Drug Eruption after Low-Dose Imatinib Mesylate Treatment

500 Ann Dermatol Received October 19, 2012, Revised December 1, 2012, Accepted for publication December 5, 2012 Corresponding author: Dong-Youn Lee, Department of Dermatology, Samsung Medical Center, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3410-3543, Fax: 82-2-3410-3869, E-mail: dylee@ skku.edu This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons A...

Mucosal fixed drug eruption.

Trazodone-related exercise-induced nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.

A 79-year-old woman in the course of a syncope evaluation is shown to have a trazodone-related cardiac arrhythmia confirmed by drug rechallenge. This nontricyclic antidepressant should be considered as potentially arrhythmogenic despite its generally favorable cardiovascular profile.

Topical drug-induced acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis misdiagnosed as an oral drug-related eruption.

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is characterized by acute onset of fever with a generalized erythematous pustular eruption. It seems that more than 90% of cases with AGEP are drug-induced [1]. The most frequently involved drugs are aminopenicillins, macrolides, antimycotic drugs, calcium channel blockers, carbamazepine, and paracetamol. We report a severe case of topical drug–...