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ArticleCureus2022

Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms Syndrome in a Patient Taking Lamotrigine: A Case Report Based Literature Review.

Zahid Khan, Vinod Warrier, Syed Aun Muhammad, Animesh Gupta, Yousif Yousif, Ayub Khan, Abdullah Afghan, Donatas Taucius, Mohammed Abumedian, Maab Ibrahim and 2 more

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zahid KhanCardiology, Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, GBR.
Vinod WarrierInternal Medicine, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend-on-Sea, GBR.
Syed Aun MuhammadCardiology, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend-on-Sea, GBR.
Animesh GuptaAcute Internal Medicine, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Yousif YousifInternal Medicine, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Ayub KhanEmergency Medicine, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Abdullah AfghanInternal Medicine, Daisy Hill Acute Hospital, Newry, IRL.
Donatas TauciusGastroenterology, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend-on-Sea, GBR.
Mohammed AbumedianGeriatrics, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Maab IbrahimInternal Medicine/Haematology, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, GBR.
Mohammed MohammedInternal Medicine, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Gideon MlawaInternal Medicine and Diabetes and Endocrinology, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBSouthend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBDaisy Hill Hospital · GBSandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 29-year-old patient presented to the hospital with worsening generalized rash for the last two days from a mental health facility. The patient was commenced on lamotrigine two weeks earlier, and he developed fever and generalized macular rash on his body. His blood tests showed deranged liver function tests (LFTs) and clotting with raised eosinophil count, and he was treated for lamotrigine-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome. The patient was commenced on prednisolone 50 mg once daily with a proton pump inhibitor cover, and lamotrigine was suspended on advice from Dermatology. The patient showed improvement after 3-4 days of treatment. His skin biopsy showed prominent suppurative granulomatous folliculitis, mild perivascular chronic inflammation, and red blood cell extravasation, including the rare eosinophil. He was weaned off from prednisolone by 5 mg weekly and had complete resolution of symptoms.

Indexed as

allergy and anaphylaxisallergy testdrug-induced hepatitisdrug-induced urticarial rashgeneralized rashhigh feverinternational normalizedinternational normalized ratiosystemic steroids

Identifiers

PMID35371713
PMCPMC8938241
OpenAlexW4213257971

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