Background: The wide and indiscriminate use of drugs has increased the incidence and the modes of presentation of cutaneous drug reaction. Adverse cutaneous drug reactions are common, comprehensive information about their incidence, severity and ultimate health effects are unavailable. Objective: To study and evaluate incidence of adverse cutaneous drug reaction (ACDR) at our tertiary care hosp...

Case report A 32-year-old woman was referred to the emergency department because she developed a skin eruption, pruritis and frisson which have occurred four hours after the intake of 200mg of celecoxib for inflammatory back pain. Physical examination revealed generalized urticaria which was thought to be induced by celecoxib. Therefore, she was prescribed corticosteroid therapy and antihistami...

OBJECTIVE Cutaneous reactions are among the most common adverse reactions to drugs. The purpose of this study is to examine the aetiology and outcome of cutaneous drug reactions among patients admitted to the Dermatology Ward at the University Hospital of the West Indies. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study looking at all patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of a cutane...

GA: granuloma annulare IGDR: interstitial granulomatous drug reaction INTRODUCTION Granulomatous drug eruptions are rare and include interstitial granulomatous drug reaction, drug-induced granuloma annulare, drug-induced accelerated rheumatoid nodulosis, and druginduced sarcoidosis. The differential diagnosis is broad and includes granuloma annulare, lichen planus, connective tissue disease, sa...

Sir, A generalized pustular eruption in an adult may be the presenting feature of viral infections, drug eruptions, psoriasis, subcorneal pustular dermatosis or impetigo herpetiformis. Rarely, generalized pustulation is a manifestation of secondary syphilis. We present here a case of secondary syphilis with a dramatic generalized eruption of pustules followed by impetiginous lesions. The classi...