BULLOUS DRUG ERUPTION TO GRISEOFULVIN IN A MAN WITH HAILEY-HAILEY DISEASE

Hailey-Hailey disease (chronic benign familial pemphigus) is a blister ing disease characterized by episodic maceration and erosions in areas subject to friction and trauma such as the neck, axilla, and other in tertriginous areas, We report a case in which a griseofulvin-induced d rug eruption led to a generalized vesiculobullous eruption requiring t reatment in a burn treatment center, This emphasizes that Hailey-Haile y disease, usually confined to relatively small areas, has the potenti al to cause blistering throughout the epidermis under certain conditio ns.