Procainamide-induced urticarial vasculitis.
Dermatologists are often faced with the difficulty of evaluating drug reactions in patients receiving multiple medications. Unfortunately, few drugs produce distinctive lesions; many types of medications can produce identical eruptions. One common drug-induced eruption is urticaria. We report a specific eruption due to procainamide: urticarial vasculitis.
Knox
J P
JP
Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153.
Welykyj
S E
SE
Gradini
R
R
Massa
M C
MC
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011342:Procainamide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014581:Urticaria / Q000139:chemically induced*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000139:chemically induced*
D011342:Procainamide