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Dermatology

Erythema Multiforme, Stevens–Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Built from Dermatology, 5th Edition

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3 sections · 117 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Scope of this topic
    • How this chapter is organised

    2 slides

  2. 02

    Erythema Multiforme

    A self-limited, often recurrent skin disease usually triggered by herpes simplex virus

    • What erythema multiforme is
    • Key features of erythema multiforme
    • History of erythema multiforme
    • Epidemiology of erythema multiforme
    • What triggers erythema multiforme
    • Precipitating factors in erythema multiforme
    • Precipitating factors in erythema multiforme.
    • Precipitating factors in erythema multiforme. (continued)
    • Precipitating factors in erythema multiforme. (continued)
    • How HSV triggers an EM lesion
    • How HSV-associated EM lesions form
    • Mycoplasma pneumoniae and other triggers
    • Erythema multiforme lesions on the trunk
    • Phenotypic variety of erythema multiforme lesions
    • Atypical papular target lesions
    • Where EM lesions appear
    • Mucosal involvement in erythema multiforme major
    • Mucosal and systemic features of EM
    • Natural history of erythema multiforme
    • Recurrence of erythema multiforme
    • Histopathologic features of erythema multiforme
    • Pathology of erythema multiforme
    • Urticaria multiforme misdiagnosed as erythema multiforme
    • Distinguishing EM from urticaria
    • Comparison of urticaria and erythema multiforme.
    • Erythema multiforme–like lesions in lupus and Sweet syndrome
    • Other mimics of erythema multiforme
    • Mycoplasma-induced rash and mucositis (MIRM)/RIME
    • Key features of MIRM/RIME
    • Key features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced rash and mucositis (MIRM)/reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME).
    • Key features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced rash and mucositis (MIRM)/reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME). (continued)
    • Treating erythema multiforme
    • Preventing recurrent HSV-associated EM
    • Summary: erythema multiforme

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  3. 03

    Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

    Two ends of one severe, drug-induced spectrum, defined by how much skin comes off

    • What SJS and TEN are
    • Key features of SJS and TEN
    • History of SJS and TEN
    • Comparing EM, SJS, and TEN
    • Comparison of EM, SJS, and TEN: lesion type and precipitating factors (part 1 of Table 20.1)
    • Comparison of EM, SJS, and TEN: distribution, mucosal, and systemic features (part 2 of Table 20.1)
    • EM versus SJS/TEN: how they differ
    • 1.2–6
    • Risk factors for SJS and TEN
    • SJS/TEN epidemiology and risk factors
    • Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN): epidemiology and risk factors.
    • Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN): epidemiology and risk factors. (continued)
    • Mortality trends in SJS/TEN
    • Drugs associated with SJS/TEN
    • Medications most often implicated
    • Medications most frequently associated with Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.
    • Childhood Stevens–Johnson syndrome from trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole
    • Stevens–Johnson syndrome due to ipilimumab
    • Pathogenesis: from drug exposure to immune attack
    • Three ways a drug can form a neoantigen
    • HLA and drug risk
    • Immune cells and cytokines involved
    • How keratinocytes die in SJS/TEN
    • Proposed pathomechanisms of keratinocyte apoptosis in SJS/TEN
    • Four death pathways that kill keratinocytes
    • The Fas signalling pathway of apoptotic cell death
    • Pathogenesis of SJS/TEN, step by step
    • Clinical onset of SJS/TEN
    • Early dusky macules of toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • Clinical features of toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • From macules to blisters: "wet cigarette paper"
    • Classifying severity by surface area
    • Spectrum of disease by surface area of epidermal detachment
    • SJS/TEN overlap and early toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • SJS/TEN overlap from trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole
    • Mucosal involvement in Stevens–Johnson syndrome
    • Hemorrhagic crusting and mucosal involvement in TEN
    • The wider picture of mucosal disease
    • Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to an antimalarial drug
    • Early Stevens–Johnson syndrome
    • Distinguishing SJS from EM
    • Predicting outcome in TEN
    • SCORTEN: a severity-of-illness score
    • SCORTEN prognostic factors
    • SCORTEN score and mortality rate
    • ABCD-10: an alternative mortality score
    • Why patients with TEN die
    • Long-term sequelae of toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • Healing and long-term sequelae
    • Histopathologic features of toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • Early histopathologic changes in toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • Pathology confirms the diagnosis
    • Identifying the culprit drug
    • Differential diagnosis of toxic epidermal necrolysis
    • Differential diagnosis of toxic epidermal necrolysis.
    • Differential diagnosis of toxic epidermal necrolysis. (continued)
    • Differential diagnosis of toxic epidermal necrolysis. (continued)
    • Approach to the patient with SJS or TEN
    • Treatment principles for SJS/TEN
    • Wound and skin care
    • Eye, mouth, and genital care
    • Systemic drug therapy: the evidence
    • Facial toxic epidermal necrolysis before and after IVIg
    • IVIg in SJS/TEN
    • Evidence for and against SJS/TEN therapies
    • A cautionary tale: thalidomide
    • Long-term management
    • Summary: Stevens–Johnson syndrome and TEN
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    • Dermatology, 5th Edition (2-Volume Set)

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