Toxic epidermal necrolysis. emergency hospitalization of a highly febrile (temp. 39.5 °C) 78-year-old woman with hemorrhagic, areal, epidermal necrolysis in the area of the left arm after ingestion of vancomycin. significantly reduced general condition. it turned out that the patient had received allopurinol and ampicillin for the first time a few days before.
Toxic epidermal necrolysis. 2 weeks after taking Allopurinol in recurrent attacks of gout, itching and redness on the back for the first time, within a few days dramatic worsening of the general condition with several acute, flat, generalized, randomly distributed, sharply defined, red, weeping and painful erosions. Additional findings were multiple, acute, asymmetrically arranged, disseminated, skin-coloured blisters on a flat erythema on the remaining integument.
Toxic epidermal necrolysis. detailed view of a solitary, acutely occurring, perimamillary, sharply defined, slightly weeping, extensive, erosive detachment of the skin. the sample biopsies showed a vacuum-associated interfacial dermatitis with epidermal keratinocyte necroses.
Toxic epidermal necrolysis. detailed picture: The 67-year-old female patient developed multiple, acute, disseminated, sharply demarcated, partly confluent, soft, skin-coloured blisters on a flat erythema on the entire integument within a few days. In case of persistent fever, antibiotic therapy was initiated.
Acute allergic contact dermatitis: 6 days ago, the first acute, itchy, blurred erythema on the left wrist with blistering after wearing a metal bracelet.
Erysipelas bullöses: extensive, sharply defined, painful redness and plaque formation in the area of the lower leg. entrance portal: macerated tinea pedum. secondary findings include fever and chills, lymphangitis and lymphadenitis.
Cheiropompholyx: Large vesicular dyshidrotic eczema (Cheiropompholyx) occurring within 2 days in a 42-year-old patient with recurrent attacks of mild vesicular dyshidrotic eczema. An atopic diathesis is known.
Herpes simplex recidivans: recurrent, in this case very extensive, multilocular herpes simplex infection in an HIV-infected person at intervals of 6-8 months
Hand-foot syndrome: after chemotherapy. grade 3: extensive blistering; oozing, coarse lamellar desquamation; ulcerations, severe pain. considerable discomfort that makes everyday business impossible.
Hand-foot syndrome: after combined chemotherapy. grade 3: extensive blistering; oozing, coarse lamellar desquamation; ulcerations, severe pain; considerable discomfort that makes everyday business impossible.
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