ABSTRACT
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is an exfoliative disease of skin and characterized by flaccid bullae and spreading erythema so that the skin has the appearance of being scalded. It results primarily from a toxic reaction to various drugs, but occasionally occurs as a result of infection, neoplastic conditions, or other exposure. Enterovirus 71 (EV 71), the most recently described serotype of the genus Enterovirus (family Picornaviridae), causes a variety of diseases, including aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, poliomyelitis-like paralysis, hand-foot-mouth disease, gastroenteritis, fever and rash. A 3-year-old boy presented at the Department of Pediatrics, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital due to TEN. There were no definite causes such as drug toxicity, Graft-Versus-Host disease (GVHD) and infection. However, we could have isolated EV 71 from the patient's stool. Until now, there have been no reports showing the relationship between EV 71 and TEN, we report here in a case of TEN-associated with EV 71. Further evaluation is needed to study the relationship of TEN with EV 71.
Subject(s)
Child , Humans , Blister , Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions , Encephalitis , Enterovirus , Stevens-Johnson Syndrome , Erythema , Exanthema , Fever , Gastroenteritis , Graft vs Host Disease , Meningitis, Aseptic , Paralysis , Pediatrics , Child, Preschool , Skin , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
Toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN) is a severe drug induced life-threatening disease and an acute illness. This disease is characterized by rapid onset of widespread necrosis resulting in sloughing of epidermis. The incidence of TEN is very rare, with approximately 0.5 to 1.4 cases per million per year. but TEN has a high mortality rate of 25-40 percent. Therapy for TEN is primarily aimed at supportive care. Treatment with systemic corticosteroid, immunosuppresive agent such as cyclosporine, cyclophosphamide, pentoxifyllin or plasmapheresis have not been shown to improve outcome. Recently, administration of high dose intravenous immunoglobulin(IVIG) has been shown to result in rapid improvement in patients with TEN. There have been several reports of the benefit of IVIG in adult patients with TEN. However we could not find using IVIG in pediatric patient with TEN in Korea. We have experienced improvement in a 2 years old boy with TEN after using high dose IVIG.