Background: Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a characteristic form of intraepidermal CD8 T cell-mediated drug reaction, with repeated appearance of isolated or multiple skin lesions in the same location after receiving the offending drug. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are the most common cause. Selective inhibitors of inducible cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) provoke a lesser degree of allergic or idiosyncratic adverse reactions than conventional NSAID, but they can cause skin reactions of variable severity.
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