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Volume 7 Issue 6 (June, 2019)

Case Reports

Allopurinol Causing Dress syndrome- An Interesting Case Report
Nilesh Kumar, Nahar Singh Meena, Vijay Parashar, Kailash Kumar

Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a distinct, severe, idiosyncratic reaction to a drug characterized by a prolonged latency period. It is followed by a variety of clinical manifestations, usually fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia, and a wide range of mild-to-severe systemic presentations.We report an interesting case of allopurinol causing DRESS Syndrome.
Key words: Allopurinol, Dress syndrome, Rashes.

Received: 10 May, 2019                                  Revised:  28 May 2019                  Accepted: 29 May 2019
Corresponding Author: Dr.Vijay Parashar, Faculty of Dental sciences, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
This article may be cited as: Kumar N, Meena NS, Parashar V, Kumar K. Allopurinol Causing Dress syndrome: An Interesting Case Report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(6): 24-25.

 
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