Purpuric eruption in a child

[Intermittent vesiculous eruption in a child].

Purpuric skin eruption in an illicit drug user: Levamisole-induced vasculitis.

© 2017 Kristen Whitworth. Cavalieri. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The first case connecting vasculitis to levamisole adulterated cocaine was published in 2010. Since that time, there have been numerous case reports of complications arising from levamisole contaminated cocaine. A case report in 2011 suggested the use o...

Asymptomatic skin eruption in a 4-year-old male child

Physical examination revealed multiple, brownish-red macules, papules, patches and plaques, without necrosis distributed slightly on the trunk and upper limbs with numerous lesions in lower limbs (Fig. 1 A,B & 2 A,B). The face, palms and soles were relatively spared. There was no excoriation mark. No abnormality was found on the buccal mucosa, teeth and the nails. There was no lymphadenopathy o...

CASES FOR DIAGNOSIS Intermittent Vesiculous Eruption in a Child

Blood tests were requested, including a complete blood count, biochemistry, antinuclear antibody, and extractable nuclear antibody, and measurement of porphyrins in blood, feces, and 24-hour urine; all the results were normal. Histopathology Biopsy of a vesicle was performed, revealing an intraepidermal blister with a few necrotic keratinocytes and an abundant dermal inflammatory infiltrate (Fi...

a patch test confirmed phenobarbital-induced fixed drug eruption in a child.

a-10-year-old girl was referred to our department for multiple hyperpigmented plaques. one  week  previously,  she  had  been  given  one  suppository  of  acetylsalicylic acid  – phenobarbital for fever. twelve hours after the drug intake the child developed pruritic red plaques on the left thigh. six weeks after resolution of the acute reaction, patch tests were performed separately, with phe...