[Skin reactions to piroxicam (three cases) (author's transl)]

Three cases of skin reactions that occurred in patients under oral administration of Piroxicam are reported here: one erythema-multiforme-like reaction and two cases of acute, pruriginous erythemato-papulous dermatitis, one of which with intraepidermal blister formation. No past history of skin disease could be formed; lesions spontaneously improved when the drug was stopped. Only in one patient, receiving Piroxicam and Fenoprofene, an acute nephritis was observed. The role of Piroxicam, a new non-steroid antiinflammatory agent in the pathogenesis of the skin reactions observed is discussed. However, the renal involvement formed in one case is likely due to Fenoprofene, as in previously reported cases.