Fixed drug eruptions: a case report and review of the literature.

Full Abstract

Fixed drug eruptions (FDEs) have been described since 1889 with continually evolving documentation of implicated agents and clinical presentations. We report a case of FDE as a reaction to naproxen sodium in a 27-year-old woman. We offer an inventory of common causes of FDEs as well as a discussion of the spectrum of clinical presentations and differential diagnoses for this peculiar drug reaction.

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Author/s: Gendernalik, Sarah B (SB); Galeckas, Kenneth J (KJ);

Affiliation: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington, USA.

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Cutis; cutaneous medicine for the practitioner (Cutis), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 84 (issue 4) : pp 215-9

Dates: Created 2009/11/16;

PMID: 19911677, status: In-Process (last retrieved date: 11/16/2009)

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