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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 45
| Issue : 6 | Page : 627-628 |
Allopurinol induced erythroderma
Geeta Sharma, Dinesh Chandra Govil
Departments of Dermatology and Dermatology and Venereology, Rama Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Geeta Sharma
Departments of Dermatology and Dermatology and Venereology, Rama Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.121381
Allopurinol, a widely prescribed urate lowering agent is responsible for various adverse drug reactions, including erythroderma. A 45-year-old male patient was admitted with the complaints of fever, redness and scaling all over the body after 3-4 weeks of allopurinol treatment for asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Elevated liver enzymes were detected in his blood analysis. Skin biopsy was consistent with drug induced erythroderma. Allopurinol was stopped and steroids were started. Patient improved over a period of 2 weeks.
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