Telangiectasia and gingival hyperplasia as side-effects of amlodipine (Norvasc) in a 3-year-old girl.

Sir, Side-e¡ects of drugs are often thought to be the cause of certain skin manifestations, especially in cases of clear time-relationships. We describe here a patient in whom side-e¡ects of antihypertensive drugs were suspected, but since the speci¢c combination of telangiectasia of the cheeks and gingival hyperplasia had not been described previously some delay occurred before it was clear that the calcium antagonist amlodipine was responsible.