Illustration of diagnostic and prognostic difficulties during the early stages of generalized bullous fixed drug eruptions
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mathieu Bataille; Marlène Vonarx; Annie Vermersch-Langlin
- Source
- European Journal of Dermatology. 27:86-88
- Subject
- Drug
medicine.medical_specialty
integumentary system
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
Dermatology
medicine.disease
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
eye diseases
Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Drug eruption
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
sense organs
Drug reaction
Fixed drug eruptions
skin and connective tissue diseases
business
media_common
- Language
- ISSN
- 1952-4013
1167-1122
Bullous drug eruptions are infrequent and potentially serious situations. Bullae are characteristic of two main diagnoses: the spectre of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), the most serious, and the bullous fixed drug eruption (FDE); even if other severe drug reactions can sometimes be bullous. The FDE exceptionally occurs as a bullous and generalized form in western countries [1, 2]. Early recognition is necessary because of a potential emergency situation. The distinction between these two entities [...]