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Fixed Drug Eruption

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common drugs = NSAID's, tetracyclines, sulfa drugs, phenopthalein

 

Clinical:

glans penis is most common site
usually develops within 30 minutes to 8 hours of drug administration
sometimes blister (subepidermal)
dusky in center because of necrosis
patch test:
at the fixed drug site will reproduce the lesion
another site no reaction
unclear pathogenesis

 

 

distinctive variant:

"Non-pigmenting Fixed Drug Eruption":

most common drug = pseudoephedrine hydrochloride
large, tender, often symmetrical erythematous plaques
"baboon syndrome" = where buttocks, groin, and axillae are preferentially involved

 

 

 

histology:

superficial and deep
vacuolar alteration
dyskeratotic keratinocytes
ddx:  EM (histology = superficial), GVHD
confident distinction among fixed drug, EM, and TEN based on biopsy alone, is not always possible