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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis is uncommon disease characterized by erythema and shedding of the
epidermis and mucous membrane. Mortality rates are high. The reaction is probably a drug-induced
hypersensitivity phenomenon. We experienced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in a 4 yr old boy whose
skin lesion had developed 3 days after taking medication from a drug store for common cold.
Diagnosis of TEN was established by clinical... |