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E. William Abramowitz, M.D.; Lewis B. Robinson, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1940;42(5):953-967.

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A Case for Diagnosis (Dermatitis Medicamentosa [Acetylsalicylic Acid]?). Presented by DR. E. WILLIAM ABRAMOWITZ.

M. L., a woman aged 32, presented from the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, gives a history of having had an eruption similar to the present one four years ago after taking acetylsalicylic acid. She is sure that she took no other drug at that time. The eruption persisted for a long time, leaving brownish pigmentation which lasted for almost a year. The present eruption is of two and one-half weeks' duration and appeared within twenty-four hours after ingestion of a 5 grain (0.32 Gm.) tablet of acetylsalicylic acid and 2 tablespoonfuls of magnesia magma. She complains of itching and burning. No history of the ingestion of any other drug can be obtained. The lesions vary in size and are erythematous and edematous. They are located on the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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