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| ADR REPORT |
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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 56
| Issue : 3 | Page : 229-231 |
Esomeprazole-induced photoallergic dermatitis
A Shukla1, A Mahapatra1, N Gogtay2, U Khopkar3
1 Department of Gastroenterology,Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
3 Department of Dermatology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
A Shukla
Department of Gastroenterology,Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.68648
There are no published case reports of esomeprazole-induced photoallergic dermatitis. We report here a 58-year-old lady with prior history of propylthiouracil and carbimazole-induced photoallergy, who presented with heartburn and dysphagia. She was diagnosed to have erosive esophagitis and was treated with esomeprazole, following which she developed photoallergic dermatitis. It improved on cessation of the drug and did not recur on subsequent treatment with ranitidine. Naranjo score for this adverse drug event was 8, thereby making it a probable adverse drug reaction. This reaction may be due to sulphur moiety, which is common to all these drugs. Physicians must be aware of this possible side-effect, especially in patients with prior history of photoallergy to other drugs.
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