DRUG ERUPTION DUE TO BUFFERIN(R) SHOWING ERYTHEMA EXUDATIVUM MULTIFORME WITH A PHOTO-RECALL-LIKE PHENOMENON

A 21-year-old woman who had been taking several kinds of analgesics to treat dysmenorrhea developed episodic attacks of a purpuric macular e ruption and a burning sensation on unexposed areas of the upper chest and back where she had sustained severe sunburn eight months earlier. Targetlike lesions developed on these areas after intake of Bufferin(R ), a combination of aspirin and dialuminate. After the eruptions had a bated following systemic administration of a corticosteroid agent, a c hallenge test was performed, using a quarter of a tablet of Bufferin(R ). The patient developed a temporary burning sensation and a erythemat ous color on the previously sunburned skin. We diagnosed this case as a drug eruption due to Bufferin(R) showing erythema exsudativium multi forme with a photo-recall-like phenomenon. In our case, skin tests wou ld be useful to confirm the causal drug.