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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 93-96 |
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Anagen effluvium after methotrexate: An idiosyncratic reaction
Preema Sinha, Siddharth Bhatt, Subramaniyan Radhakrishnan, Shekhar Neema, Anwita Sinha
Department of Dermatology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Siddharth Bhatt
Department of Dermatology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_49_20
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Low-dose methotrexate (MTX) is the backbone of treatment for extensive psoriasis vulgaris not responding to topical therapy. Since its induction for the treatment of psoriasis in the 1970, its short- and long-term side effect profile has been extensively studied. Hair loss with MTX has been reported mostly with high-dose MTX used in chemotherapy. Here, we report a case of guttate psoriasis who presented with acute-onset anagen effluvium following the administration of only two doses of MTX 7.5 mg per week.
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