A 52-year-old woman physician developed recurrent erythema multiforme. Occupational and environmental exposure assessment suggested a disinfectant containing polyhexamethylenebiguanide hydrochloride (PHMB), Phagosept. Elimination of the product was followed by disappearance of symptomatology. Literature search revealed cases of sensitization and anaphylaxis due to contact with PHMB, but to our ...

Herpes associated erythema multiforme (HAEM) is an acute exudative dermatic and mucosal disease caused by infecting herpes simplex virus. It has recurrence and idiorestriction, characterized by increasing of CD4+T leukomonocyte. This article reports a case of herpes associated erythema multiforme, and by way of reviewing relevant literature, discusses the possible mechanism, diagnosis, treatmen...

Erythema multiforme is mainly caused by drug allergy and infections. This is the case of a HIV-positive, 49-year-old male, recently cured for syphilis, that presented erythema multiforme minor, five days after taking sildenafil. He had a fast recovery, only with the use of antihistamines. Cell-mediated allergy to sildenafil was confirmed six months later, with the use of patch-tests.

Acute annular urticaria is a common and benign cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction seen in children that manifests with characteristic annular, arcuate, and polycyclic urticarial lesions in association with acral edema. It is mistaken most often for erythema multiforme and, occasionally, for a serum-sickness-like reaction. Although these 3 entities may present in a similar manner, specific clin...

Adverse cutaneous reactions are rare side effects of serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (Lamoreux et al. 2006). The dermatological side effects include rashes, erythema multiforme minor, erythema multiforme major or Steven Johnson syndrome, and toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lamoreux et al. 2006; Mockenhaupt et al. 2008; Levi et al. 2009). Erythema multiforme is a dermatological condi...

Here we present a 25-year-old female patient admitted with a complaint of blistering lesions on her face, neck, chest and extremities appearing after the first dosis of specific immunotherapy and diagnosed as erythema multiforme. To our knowledge, there are no papers in the literature reporting erythema multiforme due to specific immunotherapy.

Orf is a mucocutaneous disease that occurs when non-intact skin comes into contact with contaminated sheep saliva. The lesions may complicate to lymphangitis or secondary bacterial infection, but systemic complications such as erythema multiforme, maculopapular rash, and generalized lymphadenopathy are rare. In this paper, we present two cases of erythema multiforme following Orf disease.