title: Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis like drug eruption: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Kangwon-Do, Korea.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017499:Porokeratosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology