Oxcarbazepine-induced drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome presenting as exfoliative dermatitis
Mahimanjan Saha1★, Surajit Gorai2, Vaswatee Madhab1★ Corresponding author
- 1Department of Dermatology, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, Assam, India.
- 2Department of Dermatology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
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Mahimanjan Saha
Department of Dermatology, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, Assam, India.
Received: 19-03-2016; Revised: 20-05-2016; Accepted: 08-06-2016.
Volume 7, Issue 3 · pp. 142–5 · PUBLISHED 2016 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.189681
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Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a type of severe adverse cutaneous drug reaction characterized by fever, skin eruption, hematological abnormalities, and internal organ involvement. Although anticonvulsant drugs are mainly implicated in DRESS, newer anticonvulsants such as oxcarbazepine-induced definite cases of DRESS syndrome are rare and oxcarbazepine-induced DRESS syndrome presenting as exfoliative dermatitis is even rarer. We report a case of a 35-year-old male who developed DRESS syndrome presenting as exfoliative dermatitis after taking oxcarbazepine for 3 weeks.
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Saha, M., Gorai, S., & Madhab, V. (2016). Oxcarbazepine-induced drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome presenting as exfoliative dermatitis. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 7(3), 142–5. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.189681