Adverse cutaneous reactions are known to occur with psychotropic medications, which may lead to poor drug compliance. As compared to other group of psychotropics, there is relatively scarce literature on olanzapine-induced skin eruptions. We present a case of a 39-year-old man diagnosed with first episode mania and alcohol dependence syndrome who was started on tablet olanzapine which leads to ...

progesterone induced dermatitis is a rare disorder. it typically occurs in females due to an autoimmune phenomenon to endogenous progesterone production, but can also be caused by exogenous intake of a synthetic progestin. here in, we present a case of autoimmune progesterone anaphylaxis (aipa) observed in an adolescent female. the patient is an 18-year-old caucasian female with no significant ...

Skin symptoms of "yusho" and their change thereafter are described. In the early stage, skin eruptions were the most prominent and impressive features of yusho. Acneiform eruptions and pigmentation were most conspicuous. With the passage of time, there is some improvement and most patients now have few eruptions, except for the severely intoxicated group. As for blood PCB analysis, the severely...

BACKGROUND Cancer patients are at high risk for skin problems because rapidly proliferating skin cells are susceptible to anticancer therapies. However, the effects of daily skin care habits on development of skin problems in cancer patients have rarely been studied. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a survey of daily skin care habits and the presence of skin problems in 866 cancer patients. ...

macular or maculopapular skin reactions are frequent events in skin allergies as well as in viral infections. clinically, the differentiation may be difficult in the absence of a clear relationship with drug intake or in the failure to detect measles virus-specific antibodies. studies on drug-specific t cell lines and t cell clones isolated from skin-allergy patients have suggested that these c...

Maculopapular or morbilliform eruptions may be the most common of all cutaneous drug reactions. It is also known that cutaneous drug reactions present the specific morphological patterns. (Figs. 10.1-1 and 10.1-2). In diagnosing skin diseases, it is essential to consider drugs as a possible cause of any eruption, because drug eruptions can take the form of any skin lesion. Drug eruptions may be...