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Indian J Dermatol. 2018 Mar-Apr;63(2):107-116. doi: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_584_17.

Unusual and Interesting Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions.

Indian journal of dermatology

Vaishali Masatkar, Ashok Nagure, Lalit Kumar Gupta

Affiliations

  1. Department of Dermatology, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Rajsamand, India.
  2. Department of Dermatology, Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar, Karnataka, India.
  3. Department of Dermatology, RNT Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

PMID: 29692451 PMCID: PMC5903039 DOI: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_584_17

Abstract

Any drug can cause any rash! Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADRs) are great mimickers and can be included in the differential diagnosis of any inflammatory dermatoses. Several drugs can cause rash of similar morphology and the same drug can cause rash of different morphology. While some common and specific drug reaction patterns are recognized easily by the clinicians, many a times unusual and interesting patterns can be induced by drug(s), thus leading to erroneous diagnosis and mistreatment. This review aims to familiarize clinicians with some rare, yet interesting patterns of CADR.

Keywords: Adverse cutaneous drug reactions; emerging cutaneous adverse drug reactions; newer targeted therapy; rare

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest. What is new? The presentation of cutaneous adverse drug reaction is not always typical. The clinician should therefore be familiar with unusual and rare presentatio

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