Article: Lisinopril-induced erythroderma in an 85-year-old male.(CASE REPORTS)(Report)

Abstract

An 85-year-old male presented with a case of erythroderma secondary to lisinopril ingestion without a previous history of skin disease. While ACE inhibitors have been shown to elicit psoriatic erythroderma in previous cases, to our knowledge this is the first case report of iatrogenic erythroderma secondary to lisinopril in a patient without dermatologic comorbidities.

Introduction

Erythroderma, or exfoliative dermatitis, is characterized by generalized or nearly generalized erythema of the skin accompanied by a variable degree of scaling. (1) Several skin disorders may ultimately present as erythroderma, but an increasing number of ...

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