Fixed drug eruption by etoricoxib confirmed by patch test

• Main Authors: Aline Soares de Sousa (Author), José Carlos Cardoso (Author), Miguel Pinto Gouveia (Author), Ana Rita Gameiro (Author), Vera Barreto Teixeira (Author), Maria Gonçalo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs, followed by antibiotics, are the main causes of fixed drug eruption. They provoke one or several round erythematous or bullous lesions that recur in the same place after taking the causative medication. A positive patch test on residual, lesional ski...