Thalidomide-induced toxic pustuloderma

We report a case of toxic pustuloderma secondary to thalidomide in a patient with severe nodular prurigo. To our knowledge this is the first reported case. With the increasing use of thalidomide for a variety of dermatological conditions it is clearly important that this rare side-effect now be reco...

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Published inClinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 297 - 299
Main Authors DARVAY, A, BASARAB, T, RUSSELL-JONES, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Blackwell 01.11.1997
Oxford
Subjects
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - adverse effects
Biological and medical sciences
Dermatitis, Exfoliative - chemically induced
Dermatitis, Exfoliative - pathology
Drug Eruptions - etiology
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Prurigo - drug therapy
Skin - pathology
Thalidomide - adverse effects
Toxicity: skin, dermoskeleton
Case study
Human
Skin disease
Toxicity
Pustulosis dermatosis
Nodular prurigo
Skin
Pustulosis
Thalidomide
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Summary:We report a case of toxic pustuloderma secondary to thalidomide in a patient with severe nodular prurigo. To our knowledge this is the first reported case. With the increasing use of thalidomide for a variety of dermatological conditions it is clearly important that this rare side-effect now be recognised.
ISSN:0307-6938
1365-2230
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2230.1997.2800699.x