Fixed drug eruption induced by moringa oleifera leaf extracts – A case report

The natural origin and supposed safety of alternative medicine in form of herbal medication have made them to gain wide acceptability throughout the world. Moringa oleifera has been of particular interest as evidence by its increasing cultivation and use especially in Nigeria in the past one decade. Despite increased use, not much has been said about the adverse reactions especially cutaneous side effects following consumption of its different partsleaves, pods, beans, back and roots. We are reporting a rare case of fixed drug eruption (FDE) following consumption of aqueous leaf extract of Moringa oleifera. We suggest that attending dermatologist be aware and have high index of suspicion of Moringa oleifera as a cause of FDE while making a diagnosis most especially in those that developed FDE while taken herbal preparations.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Our Dermatology Online

• Publication date

  2017-10-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.7241/ourd.20174.117
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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