A case of delayed onset drug rash due to clozapine.
Abstract
treated with clozapine developed delayed skin lesions and
lung infiltrates. The lesions were identified as atypical
erethrema multiforme, probably secondary to clozapine, as no
other etiologies were identified. Though the onset of the
lesions occurred one and a half years after taking Clozapine,
the temporal correlation between the discontinuation of
Clozapine and the disappearance of the lesions is striking.
This hints at a drug related etiology.
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