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Drug eruption due to Bufferin® showing erythema exsudativum multiforme with a photo-recall-like phenomenon
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 8, Number 4, 280-2, June 1998, Cas cliniques
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Author(s) : Norihisa MATSUYOSHI, Keiji OHTA, Yuji HORIGUCHI, Sadao IMAMURA
Summary : A 21-year-old woman who had been taking several kinds of analgesics to treat dysmenorrhea developed episodic attacks of a purpuric macular eruption and a burning sensation on unexposed areas of the upper chest and back where she had sustained severe sunburn eight months earlier. Target-like lesions developed on these areas after intake of Bufferin®, a combination of aspirin and dialuminate. After the eruptions had abated following systemic administration of a corticosteroid agent, a challenge test was performed, using a quarter of a tablet of Bufferin®. The patient developed a temporary burning sensation and a erythematous color on the previously sunburned skin. We diagnosed this case as a drug eruption due to Bufferin® showing erythema exsudativium multiforme with a photo-recall-like phenomenon. In our case, skin tests would be useful to confirm the causal drug.
Keywords : photo-recall-like phenomenon, erythema exsudativium mutliforme.)

Drug eruption due to Bufferin® showing erythema exsudativum multiforme with a photo-recall-like phenomenon