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Pseudochromhidrosis: Blue discolouration of the head and neck
Author(s) -
Hill Sarah,
Duffill Mark,
Lamont Duncan,
Rademaker Marius,
Yung Anthony
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00395.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lansoprazole , ranitidine , proton pump inhibitor , head and neck , bacillus cereus , pharmacology , surgery , bacteria , biology , genetics , omeprazole
SUMMARY A 57‐year‐old man is presented with blue pseudochromhidrosis affecting the face and neck following combination treatment with lansoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor, and ranitidine, a type two histamine receptor antagonist. The diagnosis was made on the basis of clinico‐histological features and growth of Malassezia furfur, and Bacillus species, not Bacillus cereus , in the absence of lipofuscin. The pseudochromhidrosis resolved on stopping both medications and did not recur on restarting only the proton pump inhibitor.