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Drug eruptions

•  adverse cutaneous drug reactions can mimic almost any clinical reaction involving the
    skin
•  drug eruptions must always be on the differential diagnosis for every patient who
    presents with a skin complaint
•  common and distinctive reaction patterns
                   - urticaria
                   - maculopapular/exanthematous/morbilliform
("measles-like)

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•  common and distinctive reaction patterns
                   - erythema multiforme (target lesions, mucosal involvement; if severe, may progress
                          to Stevens-Johnson syndrome)


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•  common and distinctive reaction patterns
                 - fixed drug eruption (localized inflamed plaques that recur at the same body site
                           each time the patient is exposed to the offending systemic drug)


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