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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
[[File:Drugreaction.jpg|300px|thumb|Morbilliform drug eruption on back]] | |||
* Sudden, usually morbilliform, often starts on face & trunk & spreads | * Sudden, usually morbilliform, often starts on face & trunk & spreads | ||
* More polymorphous than viral exanthem | * More polymorphous than viral exanthem | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{Generalized rash DDX}} | {{Generalized rash DDX}} | ||
==Evaluation== | |||
*Typically a clinical diagnosis | |||
==Management== | ==Management== | ||
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* Supportive | * Supportive | ||
* Topical steroids may help relieve pruritus | * Topical steroids may help relieve pruritus | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Rashes]] | *[[Rashes]] | ||
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[[Category:Dermatology]] | [[Category:Dermatology]] | ||
[[Category:Pharmacology]] | [[Category:Pharmacology]] | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 16 November 2019
Background
ABCs of Drug Rashes
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP)
- Bullous disease, drug induced
- Captopril (ACE-inhibitor) induced angioedema
- Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome
- SJS/TEN
Clinical Features
- Sudden, usually morbilliform, often starts on face & trunk & spreads
- More polymorphous than viral exanthem
Differential Diagnosis
Other Rash
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
- Allergic reaction
- Aphthous stomatitis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Coxsackie
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Exfoliative erythroderma
- Impetigo
- Pellagra
- Pityriasis rosea
- Serum Sickness
- Tinea capitus
- Tinea corporis
- Vitiligo
Evaluation
- Typically a clinical diagnosis
Management
- Discontinue offending agent
- Supportive
- Topical steroids may help relieve pruritus