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Report of a Case

ROBERT AUERBACH, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1965;92(2):184.

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Chloral HLORAL hydrate is usualy considered a relatively safe sedative to use from the point of view of drug eruptions. Sutton¹ mentions a variety of eruptions that may occur but gives no references. Ormsby and Montgomery² note several types of eruptions and give two references, one from 1909 and the other from 1879. "Extensive skin rashes due to chloral hydrate" are mentioned in a clinical pathological case discussion.³ Christianson and Perry reported seven cases of cutaneous reactions to chloral hydrate. Of these seven, only three were proved by recurrence of the eruption after readministration of the drug; the other four cases were based on the disappearance of the eruption upon withdrawal of the medication.⁴ They mention a fixed drug eruption reported by Watson in 1878. This was reproduced by readministration of the drug, but no mention is made of patch testing. Ethchlorvynol (acetylenic carbinol) may be . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Orentreich Medical Group, 909 Fifth Ave, New York, NY.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 8, 1965.

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