Fixed Drug Eruption due to Iopromide (Ultravist(R)).
10.5021/ad.2011.23.S1.S33
- Author:
Sang Hee CHA
1
;
Hei Sung KIM
;
Jun Young LEE
;
Hyung Ok KIM
;
Young Min PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. yymmpark6301@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Contrast media;
Fixed drug eruption;
Iopromide;
Non-ionic monomer
- MeSH:
Aged;
Berlin;
Contrast Media;
Drug Eruptions;
Genitalia;
Humans;
Iohexol;
Male;
Patch Tests;
Skin;
Steroids
- From:Annals of Dermatology
2011;23(Suppl 1):S33-S35
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 69-year-old male presented with several painful erythematous patches on both palms and trunk several days after receiving iopromide (Ultravist(R), Shering, Berlin, Germany). A fixed drug eruption (FDE) due to iopromide was suspected clinically. However, at that time, the patch test with iopromide at the lesion site gave negative results. Three years later, the patient was mistakenly administered iopromide again and patches with vesicles recurred on the same sites as well as on the genitalia. This episode was repeated once again after 1 year. In all episodes, the skin lesion resolved after application of topical steroids. Although a patch test with iopromide was negative in our case, we made a diagnosis of FDE due to iopromide because the skin lesions occurred again at the previously involved area after re-exposure to iopromide. To date, only three cases of FDE caused by non-ionic monomers have been documented in the English literature. Herein, we report on an interesting case of FDE caused by iopromide.
