A rare case of toxic epidermolysis necrolysis in early infancy: Successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a potentially life-threatening dermatological disorder characterized by widespread erythema, necrosis, and bullous detachment of the epidermis and mucous membranes, resulting in exfoliation and possible sepsis and/or death. TEN is a disease of both children and ad...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a potentially life-threatening dermatological disorder characterized by widespread erythema, necrosis, and bullous detachment of the epidermis and mucous membranes, resulting in exfoliation and possible sepsis and/or death. TEN is a disease of both children and adults, but TEN in early infancy is a rare event; in literature, only few cases in infants aged <6 months have been reported so far. We reported a case of a 6-week-old infant who developed TEN after some local off-label medication for abdominal colic. After intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, the infant showed dramatic improvement without any complications. |
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| Item Description: | 2319-7250 10.4103/ijpd.IJPD_76_17 |