Celecoxib induced bullous eruption confirmed by a patch test

Celecoxib induced bullous eruption confirmed by a patch test

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...

Fixed drug eruption by etoricoxib confirmed by patch test*

Non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs, followed by antibiotics, are the main causes of fixed drug eruption. They provoke one or several round erythematous or bullous lesions that recur in the same place after taking the causative medication. A positive patch test on residual, lesional skin can replace satisfactorily oral reintroduction. We describe the case of a 74-year-old woman with numerous...

a patch test confirmed phenobarbital-induced fixed drug eruption in a child.

a-10-year-old girl was referred to our department for multiple hyperpigmented plaques. one  week  previously,  she  had  been  given  one  suppository  of  acetylsalicylic acid  – phenobarbital for fever. twelve hours after the drug intake the child developed pruritic red plaques on the left thigh. six weeks after resolution of the acute reaction, patch tests were performed separately, with phe...

A patch test confirmed phenobarbital-induced fixed drug eruption in a child.

A-10-year-old girl was referred to our department for multiple hyperpigmented plaques. One week previously, she had been given one suppository of acetylsalicylic acid - phenobarbital for fever. Twelve hours after the drug intake the child developed pruritic red plaques on the left thigh. Six weeks after resolution of the acute reaction, patch tests were performed separately, with phenobarbital ...

Carbamazepine-induced bullous eruption or bullous pemphigoid?