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Multifocal fixed drug eruption mimicking erythema multiforme
Author(s) -
SOWDEN J.M.,
SMITH A.G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1990.tb02124.x
Subject(s) - erythema multiforme , drug eruption , medicine , dermatology , drug , pharmacology
Summary A 38‐year‐old woman presented with a widespread bullous eruption that recurred during menstruation. Skin biopsy suggested erythema multiforme. As she was receiving synthetic progesterones for dysmenorrhoea the diagnosis of an auto‐immune progesterone dermatitis was considered. However, subsequent investigations confirmed the diagnosis to be a fixed drug eruption to mefenamic acid taken for dysmenorrhoea.