title: Fixed drug eruption due to influenza vaccine.
abstract: Two females, one 28 years old and the other 32 years old, developed dusky red macules with pain and a burning sensation within 24 hours of receiving influenza vaccine. One patient had blisters within the lesion. A clinical diagnosis of fixed drug eruption (FDE) due to influenza vaccine was made. Histopathology was consistent with the diagnosis of FDE. The lesions subsided within 2 weeks of topical corticosteroid treatment. The diagnosis was confirmed by topical provocation test with influenza vaccine. A Medline search revealed these cases to be the second report of this kind of reaction due to influenza vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait. nalmut@usa.net
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Mutairi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Fouzan
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nour-Eldin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010267:Parapsoriasis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines