Nonpigmenting solitary fixed drug eruption caused by a Chinese traditional herbal medicine, ma huang (Ephedra Hebra), mainly containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine.
We describe a case of nonpigmenting solitary fixed drug eruption appearing on the right thigh of a 31-year-old woman in Japan. The causative drug was determined by closed patch test on postlesional skin as a Chinese traditional herbal medicine, ma huang (Ephedra Hebra), mainly containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine.
Matsumoto
Kazuhiko
K
Department of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. dermatsu@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
Mikoshiba
Hajime
H
Saida
Toshiaki
T
D000328:Adult; D003139:Common Cold / Q000188:drug therapy; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D029790:Ephedra sinica / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010328:Patch Tests; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal