Shiitake-like dermatitis due to tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil combination usage

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Abstract

S-1 is a combination drug of tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil potassium that is designed on the basis of 5-fluorouracil. We report here for the first time that S-1 is a causative agent of drug eruption mimicking shiitake dermatitis. A 58-year-old Japanese man presented with pruritic erythemas arranged in a linear fashion. He had been treated with S-1 for esophageal cancer. Although differential diagnosis included shiitake dermatitis and dermatomyositis, he had not eaten raw shiitake mushroom, and he did not have other cutaneous lesion such as Gottron’s sign and abnormalities of peripheral blood examination including Jo-1 antibody and antinuclear antibody. Histopathological examination revealed necrotic keratinocytes in the Malpighian layer, vacuolar change in the basal layer, and lymphocytic and eosinophilic infiltration in the upper dermis. Based on clinical and histological findings, we made a diagnosis of drug eruption due to S-1.

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Goto, H., Sugita, K., Yanagihara, S., & Yamamoto, O. (2017). Shiitake-like dermatitis due to tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil combination usage. Yonago Acta Medica, 60(3), 179–181. https://doi.org/10.33160/yam.2017.09.007

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