Summertime skin rash

A geometric summertime rash.

A 17-year-old girl presented with a bruiselike rash on her legs. The rash had appeared three days prior, after she had eaten limes and rolled down a grassy hill with friends. The rash was initially brightly erythematous, and it was associated with a burning sensation. She had a history of asthma and eczema. The physical examination revealed multiple linear and geometric hyperpigmented patches o...

Photosensitive erythematous skin rash.

Volume 88, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 457 A 41-year-old man presented with a painful, erythematous, erosive, and scaly rash. It was symmetrically distributed over sun-exposed areas, involving his face, neck, dorsum of his hands and feet, and upper back (Figures 1 and 2). The rash and frequent loose stools had been present for several months. Neuropsychiatric evaluation ...

Skin rash following levetiracetam

A 19-year-old woman had secondary generalized seizures for 18 months due to a calcified parietal granuloma. She was treated with phenytoin (PHT) and sodium valproate. PHT was replaced with LEV 500 mg twice daily because of a recurrence of seizures. Having taken LEV for 10 days, she developed a generalized maculopapular itchy rash which spared the mucous membranes. LEV was stopped and she was pr...

Gemcitabine induced skin rash.

Aripiprazole-induced skin rash

Adverse skin reactions are an important type of adverse drug reactions which have been reported with a wide variety of psychotropics including both typical and atypical antipsychotics. Like typical antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics such as olanzapine, risperidone, and paliperidone have been documented to cause skin reactions. Reports of aripiprazole-induced skin reactions are sparse. We r...