title: Lichenoid drug eruptions due to nandrolone furylpropionate (Demelon).
abstract: A case of lichenoid drug eruption due to nandrolone furylpropionate (Demelon) is reported. A 71-year-old man with aplastic anemia developed widespread erythema and reticulation with violaceous papules and pigmentation after receiving intramuscular injections of Demelon weekly for 2 months. The eruption gradually resolved after drug withdrawal, leaving reticular pigmentation. A biopsy specimen of the skin lesion showed lichenoid-type reactions including hydropic or colloid degeneration of the basal cells, sometimes with satellite necrosis, and a band-like subepidermal lymphocytic infiltrate. Most of the mononuclear cells stained strongly for helper/inducer T lymphocytes (Leu 3a).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ikezawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009277:Nandrolone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D009277:Nandrolone; C062108:nandrolone furylpropionate