This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (3)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

STANLEY MINKOWITZ, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1965;116(4):515-517.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

TOXIC epidermal necrolysis is a rare cutaneous disorder of distinctive gross and histologic appearance. Its causes remain obscure. Since its definitive description in 1956 by Lyell,¹ relatively few cases have been reported in the United States.^2,5 Previously, it had been placed without any distinction in the group of bullous dermatoses. As with other uncommon entities, its apparent rarity may merely represent unfamiliarity with its morphologic features on the part of clinicians and pathologists.

The following case demonstrates the need for awareness of the disorder, for it can lead to rapid death, especially if the disease is not recognized and intensive therapy is not started.

Report of a Case

A 73-year-old white man was admitted to the hospital because of rectal bleeding of one day's duration. He had lost an unknown, but presumably large, amount of weight during the preceding six months, but had been fairly well until anorexia . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN

From the Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center and the Institute of Pathology, Kings County Hospital Medical Center.

Footnotes
Received for publication March 12, 1965; accepted March 26.

Reprint requests to Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?