title: Pityriasis rosea like drug rash - a need to identify the disease in childhood.
abstract: Pityriasis rosea is a common dermatosis named by Gibert in 1860. It is an acute self limiting papulosquamous disease, probably infective in origin affecting healthy adolescents and young adults. It is characterized by distinctive skin eruptions and minimal constitutional symptoms. Drug induced pityriasis rosea tend to occur in older generation and resolution seen only after withdrawal of the offending drug. We report a case of 12-year-old boy with erythematous papules distributed over trunk and proximal arms after nimesulide therapy consistent with a clinical diagnosis of atypical pityriasis rosea. The relation of drug and development of pityriasis rosea is confirmed by dechallenge test of the suspected drug.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Skin & VD, IMS & SUM Hospital, S'O'A University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Maitreyee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Skin & VD, IMS & SUM Hospital, S'O'A University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Nibedita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patro
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, S'O'A University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Monalisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jena
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, IMS & SUM Hospital, S'O'A University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Mrutunjay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, S'O'A University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
keywords: Drug induced pityriasis rosea; Erythematous papules; Nimesulide