CUTANEOUS PSEUDOLYMPHOMA INDUCED BY CARBA MAZEPINE

Introduction. Drug-induced cutaneous pseudolymphomas are poorly report ed. They clinically and pathologically mimick malignant lymphomas but their evolution is benign after drug withdrawall. Case report. We here in reported a ease of carbamazepin-induced pseudolymphoma in a 30 year -old woman of particular interest because of the paucity of clinical s ymptoms (only six papules of less than one centimetre each), Comments. Phenytoins, carbamazepin, barbiturates and conversion enzyme inhibito rs are the main drugs inducing cutaneous pseudolymphomas. These usuall y mimick T-cell lymphomas. The clinical spectrum of cutaneous pseudoly mphomas is broad including severe aspects, such as erythroderma or tum oral eruption and bening appearing one as in our case. Drug investigat ion is mandatory for each patient with lymphoma appearing cutaneous in filtrates because dramatic and definitive healing of the lesion is alw ays expected in case of pseudolymphoma.