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CASE REPORT
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 88-90

Response to intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient of drug reaction eosinophilia systemic symptom syndrome with renal involvement complicated by steroid-induced avascular necrosis of femur


Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Dinesh P Asati
Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal - 462 020, Madhya Pradesh
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijdd.ijdd_57_19

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Drug reaction eosinophilia systemic symptom (DRESS) is one of the most serious adverse drug reactions and corticosteroid is the mainstay of management. Here, we report a case of DRESS with renal involvement complicated by steroid-induced avascular necrosis of femur. The patient responded significantly with two courses of intravenous immunoglobulin given at monthly interval, and his corticosteroid dose could be tapered early.


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