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Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης
ΩτοΡινοΛαρυγγολόγος
Αναπαύσεως 5
Άγιος Νικόλαος Κρήτη 72100
2841026182
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Παρασκευή 15 Ιουνίου 2018

Thiazide diuretics-associated skin rash

Description 

A 50-year-old man with a history of hypertension and dyslipidaemia, both controlled with oral medications, was admitted to the emergency department due to a sudden onset of pruritus 2 days before, which would not improve with the application of topic antihistamines prescribed by his family doctor. A maculopapular, symmetric rash with plaques located on sun-exposed areas (hands, forearms, face and upper torso, sparing the abdomen, lower limbs and arm flexures) had appeared a few hours before coming to the emergency department (figures 1 and 2). The patient denied any sort of respiratory distress, as well as prolonged exposure to sunlight, history of drug allergies or having seen anyone in his family with the same problem before. The only recent change had been to his hypertension medication in the last 13 days, when hydrochlorothiazide was combined with his usual medication (losartan), which he had been taking for the...



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