Psoriasiform Drug Eruption Associated with Sodium Valproate

Psoriasiform Drug Eruption Associated with Sodium Valproate

As psoriasis is a common skin disorder, knowledge of the factors that may induce, trigger, or exacerbate the disease is of primary importance in clinical practice. Drug intake is a major concern in this respect, as new drugs are constantly being added to the list of factors that may influence the course of the disease. We report a patient with a psoriasiform drug eruption associated with the us...

Psoriasiform skin eruption associated with sorafenib therapy.

Psoriasiform drug eruption due to abatacept.

A 59-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of erythematous plaques on her palms and extremities. The patient had a long-term history of using methotrexate (8 mg/week) and oral prednisolone (10 mg/day) as therapy for RA, which had been diagnosed at the age of 37. Laboratory findings were as follows: white blood cell count 10,300 /μl; C-reactive protein 1.27 mg/dl (normal < 0.3 mg/dl); ...

Psoriasiform eruption associated with graft-versus-host disease.

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a frequent complication of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) that can be classified as acute or chronic. Characteristic cutaneous manifestations of acute GVHD, which generally occurs within 3 months following BMT, include maculopapular exanthema and perifollicular papular lesions. Psoriasiform skin eruption as a manifestation of acute GVHD is rare. We report ...

Lichenoid drug eruption associated with Bendamustine

A 65-year-old man had relapsed follicular lymphoma. When he suffered a fifth relapse, he received a regimen containing bendamustine and rituximab (BR). Four weeks later, he presented with systemic erythema, swelling and bullous lesions of lips, the oral cavity, andnasal mucosa and eye pain. He could not open his mouth and had severe pain. Steven–Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis was d...