LEUKOPENIA, THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND LYMPHADENOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH SULFASALAZINE

Authors
MCKENNA KE BURROWS D
Citation
Ke. Mckenna et D. Burrows, LEUKOPENIA, THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND LYMPHADENOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH SULFASALAZINE, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 19(5), 1994, pp. 419-420
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
419 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1994)19:5<419:LTALAW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report a 19-year-old woman with psoriasis who developed a severe al lergic reaction within 1 week of commencement of sulphasalazine; her s kin becoming erythrodermic with associated lymphadenopathy, leucopenia and thrombacytopenia. Clinical signs and haematological abnormalities rapidly returned to normal on discontinuation of sulphasalazine. It i s important to monitor carefully haematological indices in the early s tages of treatment with this drug.