Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect

Many classes of drugs are known to cause a photosensitive reaction, including anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and nonsteroidal drugs. Pirfenidone is an anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We report a case of a patient who developed a photosensitive ra...

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Autores principales: Saleem, Ramsha, Vaidya, Sachin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178520
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15200
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description Many classes of drugs are known to cause a photosensitive reaction, including anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and nonsteroidal drugs. Pirfenidone is an anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We report a case of a patient who developed a photosensitive rash secondary to pirfenidone use, which resolved after discontinuing administration of the drug.
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spelling pubmed-82194302021-06-25 Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect Saleem, Ramsha Vaidya, Sachin Cureus Dermatology Many classes of drugs are known to cause a photosensitive reaction, including anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and nonsteroidal drugs. Pirfenidone is an anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We report a case of a patient who developed a photosensitive rash secondary to pirfenidone use, which resolved after discontinuing administration of the drug. Cureus 2021-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8219430/ /pubmed/34178520 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15200 Text en Copyright © 2021, Saleem et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
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Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect
title Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect
title_full Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect
title_fullStr Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect
title_full_unstemmed Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect
title_short Pirfenidone-Induced Photosensitive Dermatitis: A Rare Side Effect
title_sort pirfenidone-induced photosensitive dermatitis: a rare side effect
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178520
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15200
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