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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anila Hussain, MD [2]
Overview
Patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome usually have a history of recent drug use within the last 2 months or some other inciting trigger like infection or vaccination. It starts with a Flu-like illness followed by skin eruptions that involves trunk and extremities mainly. Skin involvement in SJS is always <10 percent of body surface. Blisters, erosions, vesicles and bullae are seen along with confluent redness and sloughing of skin. Mucosal lesions can be seen in 2 or more surfaces and can invlove eyes, oral mucosa, nasopharynx or genitals commonly.
History and Symptoms
History
Patients with SJS may have a positive history of:
- Recent Drug use
- Recent viral or bacterial infection
- Active malignancy
Symptoms
Symptoms usually start within 2 Months of starting a drug or other inciting trigger.
- Prodome of Flu like symptoms 1-3 days before skin eruptions. May include
- Fever
- Sore throat
- Chills
- Headache
- Malaise
- Cough
- Arthralgias
- Skin lesions
- Involve less than 10 percent of body surface
- Start as red or reddish blue macules/papules on trunk and extremities and later increase in size and coalesce
- Blisters/Erosions/Bullae and Vesicles are seen
- Confluent redness with skin sloughing
- Nikolsky Sign is Positive- which is the detachment of superficial epidermis on gentle pressure or rubbing of skin
- Target lesions are not typically seen (as opposed to Erythema Multiforme)
- Mucosal Lesions
- Can be seen before or after the skin eruptions
- Can involve 2 or more mucosal surfaces
- Seen in 90 percent of cases of SJS/TEN[1]
- Involved mucosal surfaces may include[2]
- Buccal mucosa: Painful erosions leading to Stomatitis and Mucositis
- Ocular: Seen frequently and range from acute conjuctivitis, eyelid edema and erythema, crusting, ocular discharge, Corneal erosion to corneal ulceration[3]
- Urogenital : Can cause Urethritis, Vulvovaginitis
- Nasopharynx
- Tracheo-Bronchial and intestinal involvement is uncommon[4]
References
- ↑ Letko E, Papaliodis DN, Papaliodis GN, Daoud YJ, Ahmed AR, Foster CS (2005). "Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: a review of the literature". Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 94 (4): 419–36, quiz 436-8, 456. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61112-X. PMID 15875523.
- ↑ Harr T, French LE (2010). "Toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome". Orphanet J Rare Dis. 5: 39. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-5-39. PMC 3018455. PMID 21162721.
- ↑ Sotozono C, Ueta M, Koizumi N, Inatomi T, Shirakata Y, Ikezawa Z; et al. (2009). "Diagnosis and treatment of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis with ocular complications". Ophthalmology. 116 (4): 685–90. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.048. PMID 19243825.
- ↑ Lebargy F, Wolkenstein P, Gisselbrecht M, Lange F, Fleury-Feith J, Delclaux C; et al. (1997). "Pulmonary complications in toxic epidermal necrolysis: a prospective clinical study". Intensive Care Med. 23 (12): 1237–44. PMID 9470079.