Statins and erupting skin lesions

This paper was published in the Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie 2003 Feb;130(2 Pt 1):187-90

Study title and authors:
Simvastatin-induced lichen planus pemphigoides

Stoebner PE, Michot C, Ligeron C, Durand L, Meynadier J, Meunier L.
Service de Dermatologie-Allergologie-Photobiologie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, 80, avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5. p-stoebner@chu-montpellier.fr

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12671581

Lichen planus pemphigoides is a rare autoimmune blistering disease that is characterized by the development of erupting fluid from skin lesions.

Stoebner describes the case of a 63-year-old man who developed lichen planus pemphigoides lesions after two months treatment with simvastatin. All the lesions progressively disappeared after simvastatin treatment was discontinued.