Nonpigmenting fixed drug eruption due to pseudoephedrine

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 1998 Apr;80(4):309-10. doi: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62974-2.

Abstract

Background: The nonpigmenting fixed drug eruption is a distinctive drug reaction characterized by large, tender and symmetric erythematous plaques that disappear with no residual pigmentation.

Methods: A case of a non-pigmenting fixed drug eruption due to pseudoephedrine is reported.

Result: The reappearance of typical lesions at the same sites after oral challenge with 60 mg pseudoephedrine together with the absence of pigmentation confirm the diagnosis.

Conclusion: A new case of proven nonpigmenting fixed drug eruption to pseudoephedrine is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Drug Eruptions / etiology*
  • Ephedrine / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rhinitis / drug therapy
  • Sympathomimetics / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Sympathomimetics
  • Ephedrine