Butterfly pattern hypopigmentation with antitubercular treatment.
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2014-03
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Abstract
Standard short course chemotherapy is the key element of the DOTS strategy and
these drugs cause different kinds of cutaneous adverse drug reactions that usually
occur within 2 months of initiation of treatment in around 97% of the patients.
We hereby report a case of a 16-year-old female patient who developed butterfl y
pattern hypopigmented rashes after 3 months of starting on category 1 antitubercular
treatment (ATT). Other causes with similar picture were ruled out with additional
investigations and the case was confi rmed as ATT induced hypopigmented rash.
WHO-UMC causality assessment showed a probable association.
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ATT, Hypopigmentation, Cutaneous adverse drug reaction
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Gupta M C, Mittal Niti, Chaudhary Meenakshi. Butterfly pattern hypopigmentation with antitubercular treatment. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 2014 Mar-Apr; 3(2): 410-411.