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Fixed Drug Eruption to Rofecoxib

Cutis. 2002 August;70(2):125-126
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Nedorost ST
Florentino FT
Gilliam AC
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Rofecoxib, used for dysmenorrhea, caused a herpetiform fixed drug eruption predominantly involving the lips with classic clinical and histological findings in a red-brown lesion on the dorsal hand.
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