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Journal of Case Reports and Studies
ISSN: 2348-9820
Fixed Pigment Erythema: A Challenge
Received Date: February 16, 2018 Accepted Date: February 26, 2018 Published Date: February 28, 2018
Copyright: © 2018 Anzola YR. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Introduction
We present a case of a woman with a history of Arthritis currently without directed therapy with controlled disease that occasionally presents joint pains.
The patient presented a picture of but at least 2 years of appearance of skin lesions in upper limbs erythema of oval form, with dark background on the anterior aspect of the right wrist (Figure 1 and 2). Which disappears after 5 days without any targeted therapy.
The lesions were more frequent at times when the patient presented episodes of joint pain and consumed Ibuprofen.
Fixed pigment erythema usually represents a cutaneous adverse drug reaction characterized by the appearance of rounded or oval erythematous lesions that recur at the same site within minutes to hours after new exposure to the previously used drug [1]. the lesions may be single or multiple and fade in a few days leaving residual hyperchromic pigmentation, with the anti-inflammatory agents and antibiotics being frequent.
1 Estrada VFM, Paz GAV, Tolosa MR (2011) Estúdio de 372 casos de eritema Fijô pigmentário. Piel 26: 213-20.
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| Figure 1: Anterior aspect of the right wrist |
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| Figure 2: Anterior aspect of the right wrist |
