PubMed ID: 30355885
Author(s): Kimmatkaar P, Das S, Gandhi A, Taneja V. Paracetamol-induced fixed drug eruption presenting as eyelid skin necrosis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;66(11):1627-1629. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_448_18. PMID 30355885
Journal: Indian Journal Of Ophthalmology, Volume 66, Issue 11, Nov 2018
Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a type of drug-induced cutaneous disorder that characteristically presents with recurrence of similar lesion at the same skin or mucosal site as a result of systemic exposure to a drug. Paracetamol is commonly prescribed analgesic-antipyretic agent in all age group of patients. FDE due to paracetamol is not very common but it is well reported in literature for all age groups. We report a case of a 7-year-old male with FDE due to paracetamol involving upper eyelid and presenting as an eyelid skin necrosis.