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Claudio Guarneri1, Georgi Tchernev2, Uwe Wollina3
1Universita degli Studi di Messina, Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Dermatology, Messina 98122, Italy.
Abstract:
Hoigne syndrome (HS) is the term coined to describe an acute, non-allergic, psychiatrically based reaction occurring with a wide list of medications, mainly antibiotics. Since its first description by Hoigne and Schoch in 1959, few cases have been reported in medical literature and, although antimicrobials are commonly used, very rarely in dermatology. The authors describe the first case occurred after intralesional administration of meglumine antimoniate and briefly discuss the pathogenetic hypotheses on this atypical adverse drug reaction.
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