45 - Cutaneous Reactions to Drugs Flashcards

1
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Exanthematous eruptions account for approximately _____% of skin reactions

A

95

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2
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Exanthematous eruptions typically starts on the

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Trunk

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3
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Y/N: Pruritus is almost always absent in exanthematous eruptions.

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No - present

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4
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Examples of drug-virus interaction

A

Infectious mononucleosis - aminopenicillin

HIV - sulfonamide antibiotics

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5
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Exanthematous eruption in conjunction with fever and internal organ inflammation

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Hypersensitivity syndrome reaction or
Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome or
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms

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6
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HSR occurs most frequently on _____ exposure

A

First

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7
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Often the presenting symptoms of hypersensitivity syndrome reaction

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Fever

Malaise

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8
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Possible long-term complication of HSR

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Immune-mediated thyroid dysfunction

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9
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When deep dermal and subcutaneous tissues are also swollen, the reaction is known as

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Angioedema

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10
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Frequently unilateral and nonpruritic and lasts for 1-2 hours

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Angioedema

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11
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Drug-induced IgE-mediated immediate hypersensitivity causes

A

Penicillin

Other antibiotics

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12
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Drug-induced non-IgE-mediated immediate hypersensitivity causes

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NSAIDs

ACE inhibitors

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13
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Defined by the presence of fever, rash (usually urticarial) and arthralgias

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Serum sickness-like reactions

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14
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Associated with an increased relative risk of serum sickness-like reactions

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Cefaclor

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15
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Previous hormonal priming is a necessary prerequisite in

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Acneiform eruptions

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16
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Do not affect prepubertal children

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Acneiform eruptions

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17
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There is contradictory evidence for the benefit of _____ for prophylaxis for acneiform eruptions

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Tetracyclines

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18
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AGEP is an acute febrile pustular eruption that occurs _____ hours after initiation of the implicated drug

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24-48

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19
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In AGEP, sterile pustules are concentrated on the

A

Trunk

Intertriginous areas

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20
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Usual treatment necessary in most patient with AGEP

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Discontinuance of therapy

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21
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Pseudoporphyria is a cutaneous phototoxic disorder that can resemble either _____ in adults or _____ in children

A

Porphyria cutanea tarda

Erythropoietic protoporphyria

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22
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Pseudoporphyria differs from porphyria cutanea tarda and erythropoietic protoporphyria by the presence of

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Normal porphyrin levels

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23
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Drug-induced vs idiopathic linear IgA disease

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Mucosal or conjunctival lesions are less common
Spontaneous remission occurs once offending agents is removed
Immune deposits disappear once the lesions resolve

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25
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Most frequently reported cause of drug-induced linear IgA disease

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Vancomycin

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26
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Drug-induced vs idiopathic bullous pemphigoid

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Younger patients
May have positive Nikolsky sign
Lesions on normal-appearing skin
Target lesions on palns and soles
Involvement of the lower legs
Mucosal involvement
27
Q

FDE in women more commonly presenting with lesions on the ______, and men on the ______

A

Hands and feet

Genitalia

28
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FDE may exhibit _____, a sign of incipient blister formation

A

Epidermal wrinkling

29
Q

Most frequent culprits for FDE

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NSAIDs
Acetaminophen
Antibioticso

30
Q

Drug-induced vs idiopathic lichen planus

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Often appear initially as eczematous with a purple hue
Involve large areas of the trunk
Mucous membranes and nails are not involved

31
Q

Systemic symptons associated with drug-induced pseudolymphoma

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Fever
Marked lymphadenopathy
Hepatosplenomegaly
Eosinophilia

32
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Y/N: Most patients with drug-induced lupus have no cutaneous findings of lupus erythematosus.

A

Yes

33
Q

Most common serologic abnormality in drug-induced lupus

A

Positivity for ANA with a homogeneous pattern

34
Q

Unlike in idiopathic lupus erythematosus, _____ are typically absent, whereas _____ are often present

A

anti-dsDNA

anti-ssDNA

35
Q

Causes of drug-induced lupus

A
Hydralazine
Procainamide
Isoniazid
Methyldopa
Minocycline
36
Q

Most common drugs associated with SCLE

A

Terbinafine
Thiazide diuretics
Calcium channel blockers
Ranitidine

37
Q

Drug-induced dermatomysitis causes

A

Hydroxyurea
Penicillamine
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

38
Q

Drug-induced vasculitis represents approximately _____% of the acute cutaneous vasculitides

A

10

39
Q

Drug-induced vs other causes of vasculitis

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Less progression to glomerulonephritis
Better outcomes
Require less immunosuppressive treatment

40
Q

Anticoagulant-induced skin necrosis develop in

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Adipose-rich sites such as breasts, buttocks, and hips

41
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Incidence of anticoagulant-induced skin necrosis is higher in

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Women, majority of whom are obese

42
Q

Treatment for neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis

A

Colchicine

43
Q

Prophylactic treatment for neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis

A

Dapsone

44
Q

New drugs started with the preceding 3 months are potential causative agents except in

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Drug-induced lupus
Drug-induced pemphigus
Drug-induced cutaneous pseudolymphoma

45
Q

IgE-mediated; immediate-type immunologic reactions

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Type 1

46
Q

Drug + cytotoxic antibodies cause lysis of cells such as platelets or leukocytes

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Type II

47
Q

IgG or IgM antibodies formed to drug; immune complexes deposited in small vessels active complement and recruit granulocytes

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Type III

48
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Cell-mediated immune reaction; sensitized lymphocytes react with drug, liberating cytokines, which trigger cutaneous inflammatory response

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Type IV

49
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Type of reaction: Urticaria/angioedema

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Type I

50
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Type of reaction: Petechiae resulting from thrombocytopenic purpura

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Type II

51
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Type of reaction: Drug-induced pemphigus

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Type II

52
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Type of reaction: Vasculitis

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Type III

53
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Type of reaction: Urticaria

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Type III

54
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Type of reaction: Serum sickness

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Type III

55
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Type of reaction: Morbilliform exanthematous reactions

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Type IV

56
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Type of reaction: Fixed drug eruption

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Type IV

57
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Type of reaction: Lichenoid eruptions

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Type IV

58
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Type of reaction: SJS-TEN

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Type IV

59
Q

Patch testing has greater sensitivity if performed

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Over a previously involved area of skin

60
Q

SCORTEN criteria is calculated within

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First 24 hours of admission

61
Q

SCORTEN criteria

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Age older than 40 years
Urea < 10 mmol/L
Glucose > 14 mmol/L
Bicarbonate < 20 mEq/L
Heart rate > 120 bpm
Presence of malignancy
BSA > 10% at presentation
62
Q

SCORTEN mortality ranging from _____% (1 point) to _____% (5 points)

A

3.2

90

63
Q

Index of suspicion of drug induction in linear IgA disease should be higher in cases with

A

Only IgA and no IgG in the basement membrane zone