Ibuprofen-induced bullous leukocytoclastic vasculitis.

Publication/Presentation Date

4-1-2001

Abstract

A dramatic case of ibuprofen-induced bullous leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is described in a patient with a history of prior sensitization to ibuprofen, a common household nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that has few reported adverse skin reactions. Bullous LCV is a relatively rare clinical presentation of LCV, which requires differentiation from other blistering diseases, including bullous erythema multiforme, bullous fixed drug eruption, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, and bullous pemphigoid. The distinctive histopathologic changes of leukocytoclastic vasculitis readily distinguish this bullous eruption from the others.

Volume

67

Issue

4

First Page

303

Last Page

307

ISSN

0011-4162

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

11324392

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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