Drug rash induced by levothyroxine and oral desensitization
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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 has disappeared. Her endocrinologist prescribed her other brands of levothyroxine, and the patient reported the same reaction.
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