Butterfly pattern hypopigmentation with antitubercular treatment

Authors

  • M. C. Gupta Department of Pharmacology,Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS,Rohtak -124 001, Haryana, India
  • Niti Mittal Department of Pharmacology,Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS,Rohtak -124 001, Haryana, India
  • Meenakshi Chaudhary Department of Pharmacology,Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS,Rohtak -124 001, Haryana, India

Keywords:

ATT, Hypopigmentation, Cutaneous adverse drug reaction

Abstract

Standard short course chemotherapy is the key element of the DOTS strategy and these drugs cause different kinds of cutaneous adverse drug reactions that usually occur within 2 months of initiation of treatment in around 97% of the patients. We hereby report a case of a 16-year-old female patient who developed butterfly pattern hypopigmented rashes after 3 months of starting on category 1 antitubercular treatment (ATT). Other causes with similar picture were ruled out with additional investigations and the case was confirmed as ATT induced hypopigmented rash. WHO-UMC causality assessment showed a probable association.

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Published

2017-01-02

How to Cite

Gupta, M. C., Mittal, N., & Chaudhary, M. (2017). Butterfly pattern hypopigmentation with antitubercular treatment. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 3(2), 410–411. Retrieved from https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/449

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Case Reports