Euthyrox Induced Drug Rash in an Aged Patient

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 128; no. 22; p. 3120
• Main Authors: Tang, Rui, Liu, Jun, Chen, Shi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 20-11-2015; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Department of Allergy, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China%Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Beijing 100730, China; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Aged; Allergies; Correspondence; Endocrinology; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Hypothyroidism; Laboratories; Physicians; Pruritus - etiology; Thyroid gland; Thyroxine - adverse effects; 切除术; 甲状腺; 皮疹; 老年人; 肺结核; 脑出血; 药物性; 高血压; China; Germany; @@
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.169171

To the Editor： A 65-year-old woman was admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital because of rash with pruritus for 1 month after taking Euthyrox. Rash attacked without other symptoms 20 days after she took Euthyrox 50 μg once a day and aggravated when Euthyrox was continued for the next 2 days. The past history included partial thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism in 1982; tuberculosis in 1990; hypertension in 2009, and cerebral hemorrhage in 2010.