Stelazine-induced pigmentation |
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| Authors: | C. BUCKLEY V. THOMAS J. LEWIN D. HARRIS M.H.A. RUSTIN |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Dermatology, The Royal Free Hospital, Pond St, Hampstead, London, UK;Department of Histopathology, The Royal Free Hospital, Pond St, Hampstead, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | A case of a West Indian patient is reported who developed abnormal blue-grey pigmentation on exposed areas of skin following treatment with low dose stelazine. Oculocutaneous melanosis is a well-recognized side-effect of prolonged phenothiazine treatment. In this condition the areas of skin exposed to sunlight develop a violaceous, blue-grey or slate-grey colour in more severe cases. These characteristic changes are rarely seen now. We describe the case of a patient who developed pigmentation while taking a low dose of stelazine for 5 years. |
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