A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa

A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa

Cutaneous and mucosal changes due to adverse drug effects are relatively common in clinical daily practice; however, the etiology often follows unsuspected, undetermined and underreported. More severe lesions like the Stevens-Johnson syndrome should be early recognized and treated. As the entity is...

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Main Author: Vitorino Modesto dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-11-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Drug side-effect
skin rash
Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/769
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spelling doaj-b59ca5114c74439aafdf0b11b17d78962020-11-25T03:35:58ZengPAGEPress PublicationsItalian Journal of Medicine1877-93441877-93522016-11-0111334034210.4081/itjm.2016.769583A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosaVitorino Modesto dos Santos0Department of Internal Medicine, ArmedForces Hospital and Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília-DFCutaneous and mucosal changes due to adverse drug effects are relatively common in clinical daily practice; however, the etiology often follows unsuspected, undetermined and underreported. More severe lesions like the Stevens-Johnson syndrome should be early recognized and treated. As the entity is potentially lethal if not properly managed, and diagnosis is imminently clinical, the characteristic images might contribute to enhance the suspicion index about this syndrome.http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/769Drug side-effectskin rashStevens-Johnson syndrome.
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A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa
Italian Journal of Medicine
Drug side-effect
skin rash
Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
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title A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa
title_short A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa
title_full A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa
title_fullStr A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa
title_full_unstemmed A young woman with abrupt changes in skin and mucosa
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series Italian Journal of Medicine
issn 1877-9344
1877-9352
publishDate 2016-11-01
description Cutaneous and mucosal changes due to adverse drug effects are relatively common in clinical daily practice; however, the etiology often follows unsuspected, undetermined and underreported. More severe lesions like the Stevens-Johnson syndrome should be early recognized and treated. As the entity is potentially lethal if not properly managed, and diagnosis is imminently clinical, the characteristic images might contribute to enhance the suspicion index about this syndrome.
topic Drug side-effect
skin rash
Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
url http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/769
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