Pustular psoriasis induced by hydroxychloroquine: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 357-361

  Vine, John E ^c   Hymes, Sharon R ^a,b   Warner, Noranna B ^a   Cohen, Philip R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

antimalarial; hydroxychloroquine; plaquenil; psoriasis; pustular

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYPHENBUTAZONE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PROCAINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0029898551     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Friedman SJ: Pustular psoriasis associated with hydroxychloroquine, J Am Acad Dermatol, 16: 1256-1257, 1987.
2. Tan EM, Cohen AS, Fries JF, et al: The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus, Arthr Rheum, 25: 1271-1277, 1982.
3. Cornbleet T: Action of synthetic antimalarial drugs on psoriasis, J Invest Dermatol, 26: 435-436, 1956.
4. Bissonnette R, Tousignant J, Allare G: Drug-induced pustuloderma, Int J Dermatol, 31: 172-174, 1992.
5. Shelley ED, Shelley WB: The subcomeal pustular drug eruption: An example induced by norfloxacin, Cutis, 42: 24-27, 1988.
6. Kleier RS, Breneman DL, Boiko S: Generalized pustulation as a manifestation of the anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome, Arch Dermatol, 127: 1361-1364, 1991.
7. Lotem M, Ingber A, Segal R, Sandbank M: Generalized pustular drug rash induced by hydroxychloroquine, Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh), 70: 250-251, 1990.
8. Katz M, Seidenbaum M, Wenrauch L: Penicillin-induced pustular psoriasis, J Am Acad Dermatol, 17: 918-920, 1987.
9. Abel EA, DiCiccio LM, Orenberg EK, Fraki JE, Farber EM: Drugs in exacerbation of psoriasis, J Am Acad Dermatol, 15: 1007-1022, 1986.
10. Luzar M: Hydroxychloroquine in psoriatic arthropathy: Exacerbations of psoriatic skin lesions, J Rheumatol, 9: 462-464, 1982.
11. Olsen T: Chloroquine and psoriasis, Ann Intern Med, 94: 546-547, 1981.
12. Baker H: The influence of chloroquine and related drugs on psoriasis and keratoderma blennorrhagica, Br J Dermatol, 78: 161-166, 1966.
13. Hays SB, Camisa C, Luzar MJ: The coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus and psoriasis, J Am Acad Dermatol, 10: 619-622, 1984.
14. Hu CH, Miller C, Peppercorn R, Farber EM: Generalized pustular psoriasis provoked by propranolol, Arch Dermatol, 121: 1326-1327, 1985.
15. Lowe NJ: Generalized pustular psoriasis precipitated by lithium carbonate, Arch Drmatol, 114: 1788-1789, 1978.
16. Reshad H, Hargreaves GK, Vickers CFH: Generalized pustular psoriasis precipitated by phenylbutazone and oxyphenbutazone, Br J Dermatol, 108: 111-113, 1983.
17. Shelley WB: Birch pollen and aspirin psoriasis: A study in salicylate hypersensitivity, JAMA, 189: 985-988, 1964.
18. Shelley WB: Generalized pustular psoriasis induced by potassium iodide, JAMA, 201: 1009-1014, 1967.
19. Baker H: Psoriasis, in Rook A, Wilkinson DS, Ebling FJG, Champion RH, Burton JL (eds): Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, Blackwell Scientific Publications Oxford, 1986, p 1528.