J Korean Med Sci.  1999 Apr;14(2):227-229. 10.3346/jkms.1999.14.2.227.

Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis like drug eruption: a case report

• Hwang SM
• Choi EH
• Ahn SK

• KMID: 648088
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1999.14.2.227

Abstract

We report a 54-year-old male patient who developed an unusual form of generalized drug eruption. He had pain and breathlessness on the left chest wall. He had history of taking several drugs at private clinics under a diagnosis of herpes zoster. Two weeks later he had a generalized skin eruption. Examination showed multiple variable sized, mild pruritic, erythematous macules and papules on the face and upper extremities. Skin lesions take the form of a clinically consistent with disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP). Methylprednisolone 16 mg, astemisole 10 mg, oxatomide 60 mg was prescribed. Topical corticosteroid cream was applied. Within two months, his eruption had cleared almost completely. The pathogenetic mechanisms of this case are unclear, but drug and UV light have been considered.

Keyword

Porokeratosis; Drug eruptions

MeSH Terms

Case Report
Drug Eruptions/physiopathology
Drug Eruptions/etiology*
Drug Eruptions/drug therapy
Facial Dermatoses/pathology
Facial Dermatoses/drug therapy
Facial Dermatoses/chemically induced*
Hand Dermatoses/pathology
Hand Dermatoses/drug therapy
Hand Dermatoses/chemically induced*
Herpes Zoster/complications*
Human
Male
Middle Age
Porokeratosis/pathology
Porokeratosis/drug therapy
Porokeratosis/chemically induced*