Fixed-drug eruption presenting as an acute paronychia

Br J Dermatol. 1991 Dec;125(6):592-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb14802.x.

Abstract

A case of fixed-drug eruption due to cefalexine presented with acute paronychia. Twenty days after a further challenge with a single dose of the drug, a biopsy of the affected skin showed intense expression for ICAM-1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cephalexin / adverse effects*
  • Drug Eruptions / complications*
  • Drug Eruptions / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Nail Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Nail Diseases / pathology
  • Nails / pathology
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • Cephalexin