A patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension is described who developed pemphigus foliaceus during simultaneous treatment with d-penicillamine and captopril. Discontinuation of the d-penicillamine afforded some improvement, but skin symptoms still persisted after 3 months. When the captopril was discontinued as well, all lesions healed within 2 weeks. Our findings suggest that both these chemically related drugs might have been responsible for the pemphigus-like eruption in this patient.
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