Erythroderma and Chronic Lichenification Due to Metformin
  • Javier Moreno Díaz
    Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Jose Miguel García Bruñén
    Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Rocío Bermúdez Cameo
    Pathological Anatomy Department, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Ana Martínez González
    Rehabilitation Department, Hospital of Barbastro, Huesca, Spain

Keywords

Metformin, erythroderma, lichenification, pruritus

Abstract

We present the case of a 62-year-old man with a 4-year history of pruritus and erythroderma. The patient had been taking metformin for 5 years, so after contact allergies, contact with toxic products, and autoimmune diseases were ruled out, the condition was treated as erythroderma secondary to metformin. A skin biopsy subsequently confirmed the diagnosis and lichenification of some areas of the patient's skin.

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    Published: 2019-05-29
    Issue: Vol 6 No 6 (view)

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    Moreno Díaz J, García Bruñén JM, Bermúdez Cameo R, Martínez González A. Erythroderma and Chronic Lichenification Due to Metformin. EJCRIM 2019;6 doi:10.12890/2019_001119.

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