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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 61-65 |
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Life-threatening adverse reaction to a commonly used drug (drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome)
Mohamed Khalid A. Shariff, Gamal Bashir Alfitori, Mohamed Soliman, Mohamed Ben Gashir, Abdel-Naser Y Elzouki
Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mohamed Khalid A. Shariff
Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, P. O. Box: 3050, Doha
Qatar
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/LJMS.LJMS_23_19
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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is one of the severe cutaneous adverse reactions with a mortality of 10% and is characterized by hematological abnormalities and organ involvement. Many drugs have been implicated in DRESS, and most often, it is related to aromatic anticonvulsants. We hereby report a case of DRESS syndrome precipitated due to allopurinol, the diagnostic challenge it presented, and the successful treatment with corticosteroids.
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