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Rodrigo Roldán-Marín1, Fernando de-la-Barreda Becerril
1Hospital General "Dr. Manuel Gea González", Mexico City, Mexico. roroderm@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Lidocaine/prilocaine cream is a topical anesthetic commonly used in pediatric and dermatologic practice to obtain local anesthesia. Common side effects include: transient skin blanching, erythema, urticaria, allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, and hyperpigmentation. The authors report a petechial and purpuric reaction after the application of lidocaine/prilocaine cream. This is a rare side effect, since to our knowledge only few case reports have been documented in literature.
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