Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis due to Drugs

A Case Report with Statistical Observation in Japan

Abstract

A Case of 52-year-old housewife with drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis who was cured after serious clinical course was reported. The author reviewed all the reported 68 cases including his own in Japan. The reviews were given regarding age, sex, clinical symptoms, laboratory data, histological findings and the kind of causative drugs, and some comments were made.