Lichenoid drug eruptions can mimic idiopathic lichen planus and other dermatoses. The list of drugs that can cause them is long and growing steadily. Although cutaneous side effects of antipsychotics are rare, various cutaneous manifestations have been reported in association with olanzapine. We present the case of a patient who developed an atypical lichenoid eruption due to olanzapine. A revi...

Background: Cutaneous drug reaction seems to be relatively common The aim of the study was to recognize offending drugs, evaluate patients' characteristics and educate the patients to avoid selfadministration and re-administration of drugs. Methods: We retrospectively and prospectively analyzed data from Sina hospital in Tabriz (2000-2005) to determine the number of hospitalizations and visits ...

Adverse drug reactions are a major hazard of modern medicine. Fixed drug eruption, which is a cutaneous adverse drug reaction, is commonly seen with antimicrobials and analgesics. Here we report 37-year-old female with bullous fixed drug eruptions due to doxycycline administration.

Skin complications induced by sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) therapy were frequently reported in Japan from spring to summer in 2014. I also detected such complications in 17 of 142 patients (12%) treated at my clinic [1]. Drug eruptions usually develop within 4 days to several weeks after initiation of the culprit medication and symptoms tend to vary. However, SGLT2i-induced...

In the daily drudgery of clinical practice, every now and then we come across a patient who is sure that a particular drug is affecting his or her skin in a peculiar way. However, to our brains, trained to recognize common drug eruptions, it seems fantastic that any drug could cause side effects such as digitate dermatosis, [1] mycosis fungoides, [2] leukemoid reaction, [3] leg ulcer [4] or eve...

Objective: There are various adverse drug reaction (ADR) associated with pharmacological therapy that differ in clinical presentation, prognosis and therapy. Among these, cutaneous eruptions are the most common type of all ADRs.Theclinical presentation of cutaneous drug eruptions ranges from common transient and benign erythema to the most severe forms such as Steven-Johnson syndrome (SJS), Tox...