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Cutaneous Drug Reactions: acute rash with pinhead-sized pustules Volume 28, numéro 6, November-December 2018

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1 Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Logroño (La Rioja), Spain
2 Department of Allergy, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Patient 1A 78-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension, who had started treatment with diltiazem during the previous week, consulted for the appearance of an erythematous rash. Clinical examination revealed multiple erythemato-violaceous plaques on the trunk and face, some of them showing numerous non-follicular micropustules (figure 1A). Additionally, erosions at the labial mucosa and mild labial oedema were present (figure 1B). The rash quickly spread to the rest of the trunk and [...]