PURPOSE We systematically reviewed studies to provide current evidence on the incidence and risk of skin rash in patients with LTG therapy. METHODS PubMed and Scopus databases, up to 15 March 2014 were searched to identify relevant studies. Eligible studies included prospective studies, retrospective studies and postmarketing reports, which included data of skin rash in patients with LTG ther...

Skin rash is one of the notorious adverse events of gefitinib as well as other epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The differences of response rate and frequency of adverse events between ethnic groups are well known. Some reports demonstrated the correlation between development of rash and efficacy in Caucasian patients treated with erlotinib, gefitinib or cetuximab. W...

blueberry muffin rash is a characteristic multiple bluish skin nodules associated with perinatal infection, severe and chronic anemia, and neoplastic infiltrative diseases. we present an unusually severe case of hemolytic disease of the newborn. he required exchange transfusions for several times. the complete work up led to the diagnosis of anti-cw. the skin lesion regressed spontaneously with...

To cite: Kenzaka T, Kumabe A. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201598 DESCRIPTION A 47-year-old Japanese man presented with a history of having been bitten by mosquitoes, several years earlier in the Philippines, this resulted in a fever and a rash which dissipated spontaneously. He had stayed in the Philippines for 3 weeks, 1 month prior to hos...

Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon transplacentally acquired autoimmune disorder. The most common clinical manifestations are skin rash, congenital atrioventricular block, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, anemia, and hepatosplenomegaly. Usually, the skin rash resembles subacute cutaneous lupus, but different forms of rash have been reported in neonatal lupus erythematosus and some are rar...

Skin involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) has been described, but is uncommon.1-4 It usually presents in the form of plasmacytoma or nodular skin lesions that involve a well-demarcated area of the skin. We describe a case of unusual cutaneous involvement in a patient with relapsed MM after nonmyeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) that presented as a diffuse erythematous ...

Skin rash after triple vaccine is rare. We describe a child who developed a generalised asymptomatic rash after the second and third triple vaccine. Little information of the pathogenesis of the rash is available. We argue that the development of a rash is not a contraindication to future immunisation.

Blueberry muffin rash is a characteristic multiple bluish skin nodules associated with perinatal infection, severe and chronic anemia, and neoplastic infiltrative diseases. We present an unusually severe case of hemolytic disease of the newborn. He required exchange transfusions for several times. The complete work up led to the diagnosis of anti-Cw. The skin lesion regressed spontaneously with...

hyperpigmentation over face in a neonate is rare and the differentials for the same are also rare. congenital chickengunya, fungal and viral infections, drug rash are few differentials. chikungunya virus (chikv) infection manifesting in neonates is very rare. the prevalence of the entity was described only recently. we describe a neonate with hyperpigmentation on day 3 of life with stormy cours...