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Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria

Dapsone is a drug commonly used in the treatment of various dermatological diseases. Here, we report the case of a 45-year-old female prescribed dapsone for chronic urticaria after which she developed extensive livedo reticularis in the limbs, abdomen, and trunk. The use of dapsone may be associated...

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Autores principales: Semira, Wafai, Z. A., Zulfkar, Qadrie, Sameem, Farah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097286
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135960
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description Dapsone is a drug commonly used in the treatment of various dermatological diseases. Here, we report the case of a 45-year-old female prescribed dapsone for chronic urticaria after which she developed extensive livedo reticularis in the limbs, abdomen, and trunk. The use of dapsone may be associated with a plethora of adverse effects including rash but livedo reticularis has been very rarely reported. Emphasis should be laid on the possible drug etiology in any patient who develops new signs and symptoms while on medications, even if it may not be supported by enough literature.
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spelling pubmed-41185412014-08-05 Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria Semira, Wafai, Z. A. Zulfkar, Qadrie Sameem, Farah Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Dapsone is a drug commonly used in the treatment of various dermatological diseases. Here, we report the case of a 45-year-old female prescribed dapsone for chronic urticaria after which she developed extensive livedo reticularis in the limbs, abdomen, and trunk. The use of dapsone may be associated with a plethora of adverse effects including rash but livedo reticularis has been very rarely reported. Emphasis should be laid on the possible drug etiology in any patient who develops new signs and symptoms while on medications, even if it may not be supported by enough literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4118541/ /pubmed/25097286 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135960 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_full Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_fullStr Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_full_unstemmed Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_short Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_sort livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria
topic Drug Watch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097286
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135960
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