Ferrous fumarate Pustular drug eruption Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis Generalized pustular psoriasis Aoi Iti, MD, Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036 (Japan) Although ferrous agents are commonly used clinically, they rarely induce allergic skin eruptions. Moreover, drug eruptions of the pustular type are uncommon and include ...

Sir, A generalized pustular eruption in an adult may be the presenting feature of viral infections, drug eruptions, psoriasis, subcorneal pustular dermatosis or impetigo herpetiformis. Rarely, generalized pustulation is a manifestation of secondary syphilis. We present here a case of secondary syphilis with a dramatic generalized eruption of pustules followed by impetiginous lesions. The classi...

Generalized pustular lesions characterized by acute onset with fever occur in pustulosis acuta generalisata, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, and generalized pustular psoriasis. In the present report, we describe a pediatric case of generalized pustular eruption that was not completely consistent with clinical features. Our patient had no evidence of a post-streptococcal infection. W...

Background: Serious cutaneous eruptions caused by cytarabine are never reported in China. Methods: We admitted a 43-year-old man who was diagnosed with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, and was given several chemotherapy regimens including cytarabine. And when FLAG regimens were given in the patient, the serious pustular eruption appeared. Results: After the treatment, cutaneous eruption was grad...

Background: Pustular Psoriasis (PP) and Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) clinically resemble each other. There are many patients with generalized pustular presentations like hydroxychloroquine-induced pustular reaction who do not completely fall within PP or AGEP categories and needed to be more evaluated. So we examined a large series of these reactions to hyd...

Scabies is a common parasitosis of the skin caused by Sarcoptes scabiei hominis. This infestation occurs in all geographic areas and across all age groups, races, and social classes. Poor economic conditions and lack of proper hygiene are risk factors for the disease. Subcorneal pustular dermatosis is characterized by numerous relapsing pustular eruptions on normal or mildly erythematous skin. ...

Von Zumbusch generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is the most severe type of psoriasis with possible life-threatening complications. We report the case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with a severe eruption of generalized pustular psoriasis 48 hours after receiving an injection of etanercept (Enbrel).

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a severe and rare eruption that develops mostly from factors related to drugs. It is characterized by a fever and a pustular eruption on the erythematous skin with an acute onset and without follicular localization. Etiopathogenesis has not yet been fully explained. Although it is similar to pustular psoriasis, its clinical, historical and hi...

Differentiating between acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) and generalised pustular psoriasis (GPP) is very challenging because of clinical and histopathological similarities. A 60-year-old woman presented with pustular eruption and fever. She had taken dapsone and zaltoprofen for five days. Laboratory findings revealed neutrophil dominant leucocytosis and histopathological findi...