Cutaneous reactions following the use of the sulphonamide group of drugs are of not uncommon occurrence. Fixed eruptions due to these drugs are comparatively rare. Robson and Keele (1950) define a fixed eruption as being " characterized by the rapid development of one or more sharply circumscribed lesions on the skin or mucous membranes, as an invariable response to the administration of the of...

INTRODUCTION Obinutuzumab (GA101) is a novel anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that has been shown to be effective for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and is currently being evaluated in phase 3 clinical trials. The side-effect profile of the drug is not yet well established. CASE REPORT The authors report a case of a 62-year-old patient who developed widespread lichenoid eruption as a r...

Tyrosine kinase enzymes are an attractive target for anticancer therapies. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are well tolerated; somehow severe systemic side effects are rarely seen during treatment. Toxicities of skin and appendages may lead to poor compliance, psychosocial inconvenience, and drug interruption. Changes of the hair can arise following cures with TKI. Nilotinib, a second-generati...

Background: Pregnancy-specific dermatoses represent a group of pruritic skin diseases unique to pregnancy and the most common types are polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis. It is difficult to obtain a histopathological diagnosis for polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis in the lack of immunofluorescence because of their similar clinical presentati...

The hookworm related Cutaneous Larva Migrans is a common disease present in the tropic and subtropical areas of the world. The disease is self limiting and would naturally resolve within weeks. However, an unusual recurrence of the disease in a Ghanaian male after standard treatment was observed and is herein reported. A 52 year old Ghanaian male of Akan dissent was diagnosed with Cutaneous Lar...

We report a case of fixed drug eruption caused by fluconazole. A local provocation with 10% fluconazole test in petrolatum applied at the site of a previous lesion of fixed drug eruption reproduced the eruption clinically and histopathologically.

BACKGROUND Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE), characterized by nonscarring, photodistributed, annular or papulosquamous plaques, is occasionally induced by medication. It has been strongly associated with antihypertensive medications and terbinafine hydrochloride. OBSERVATION We describe 3 women with breast cancer who developed SCLE-like eruptions after being administered doxorubi...

Background Aromatic (lamotrigin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital) and non aromatic antiepileptic (valproat, topiramate) drugs are frequently associated with hypersensitivity reactions mainly cutaneous such as maculopapular exanthems and bullous and pustular eruptions on the basis of their clinical, cellular and molecular pathophysiology. They usually occur more than 1 hour after the last drug admi...