Procainamide-induced urticarial vasculitis
Knox, J.P.; Welykyj, S.E.; Gradini, R.; Massa, M.C.
Cutis 42(5): 469-472
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 2973973 Document Number: 320733
Dermatologists are often faced with the difficulty of evaluating drug reactions in patients receiving multiple medications. Unfortunately, few drugs produce distinctive lesions; many types of medications can produce identical eruptions. One common drug-induced eruption is urticaria. We report a specific eruption due to procainamide: urticarial vasculitis.