| Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms Syndrome in a Patient on Sulfasalazine for Ulcerative Colitis |
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Kyung Hwan Kang, Chang Kyun Lee, Hyo Jong Kim, Jaejun Shim, Jae Young Jang, Seok Ho Dong, Byung Ho Kim, Young Woon Chang |
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Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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| 궤양성 대장염 환자에서 발생한 설파살라진에 의한 DRESS 증후군 1예 |
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강경환, 이창균, 김효종, 심재준, 장재영, 동석호, 김병호, 장영운 |
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| Abstract |
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Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a life-threatening systemic drug reaction characterized by fever, rash, hematological abnormalities, lymphadenopathy, and multiple internal organ involvement. Unfortunately, a long latency period as well as clinicians' unawareness of the disease entity often results in a delay of prompt diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice. A search of the literature revealed only few reports on DRESS in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. The pathogenesis of the disease is not clearly understood, although several possible mechanisms, such as drug detoxification, slow acetylation, and reactivation of human herpes viruses, have been proposed in its development. Here, we present a rare case of DRESS associated with viral reactivation and defects in drug metabolism in a 22-year-old man who had been on sulfasalazine for 6 weeks to treat ulcerative colitis. (Intest Res 2012;10:383-387) |
| Key Words:
Drug Eruptions, Hypersensitivity, Sulfasalazine, Human Herpes Virus, Ulcerative Colitis |
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