Abstract
We report a 54-year-old male patient who developed an unusual form of
generalized drug eruption. He had pain and breathlessness on the left chest
wall. He had history of taking several drugs at private clinics under a
diagnosis of herpes zoster. Two weeks later he had a generalized skin eruption.
Examination showed multiple variable sized, mild pruritic, erythematous macules
and papules on the face and upper extremities. Skin lesions take the form of a
clinically consistent with disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis
(DSAP). Methylprednisolone 16 mg, astemisole 10 mg, oxatomide 60 mg was
prescribed. Topical corticosteroid cream was applied. Within two months, his
eruption had cleared almost completely. The pathogenetic mechanisms of this case
are unclear, but drug and UV light have been considered.