Recent advances in the pathology of cutaneous drug eruptions

Dermatol Clin. 1999 Jul;17(3):537-60, viii. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8635(05)70106-6.

Abstract

Cutaneous reactions to drug therapy may be of either immunologic or nonimmunologic etiology. It is important that the dermatologist and pathologist be familiar with these types of cutaneous reactions. This article discusses the clinical features, pathogenesis, and histopathology of various cutaneous drug eruptions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Eruptions / diagnosis
  • Drug Eruptions / pathology*
  • Drug Eruptions / therapy
  • Eczema / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Prognosis