PMC3348632_01
Clinical course of Case  1. Five days prior to her visit, the patient had upper respiratory symptoms and a low grade fever. Then, she developed a butterfly-shaped erythema, swelling of her fingers, and polyarthralgia. Immediately after the initiation of loxoprofen, the symptoms rapidly disappeared within 12 hours. No recurrence of the symptoms or signs was noted afterwards. ACA, acetaminophen.
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Five days prior to her visit, she had upper respiratory symptoms and a low grade fever (Figure 1). Because her symptoms deteriorated despite the use of acetaminophen, oral administration of loxoprofen (180 mg/day) was alternatively started immediately after the diagnosis (Figure 1).
PMC3348632_02
Clinical course of Case  2. Ten days prior to her visit, the patient had a low grade fever. Seven days later, she developed a butterfly-shaped erythema, followed by swelling of her fingers and polyarthralgia. Immediately after the initiation of loxoprofen, the symptoms quickly disappeared within 12 hours. There was no recurrence of the symptoms or signs afterwards. ACA, acetaminophen.
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Ten days prior to her visit, she had a low grade fever (Figure 2) when her 9-year-old son was diagnosed as having erythema infectiosum because of his slapped cheek rash. Oral administration of loxoprofen (180 mg/day) was immediately started after the diagnosis (Figure 2).