Amantadine-induced livedo reticularis in a child treated off label for neurobehavioral disorders.

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Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Section of Dermatology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Published: September 2018

We report the case of an 8-year-old boy who was taking amantadine off label for multiple childhood neurobehavioral disorders and subsequently developed livedo reticularis. Although this side effect is well-described in adult patients taking amantadine for Parkinson disease, it is now being seen in children as the off-label use of amantadine is expanded to this population.

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