Toxic epidermal necrolysis complicating a burn: a case report.
The case of a burned patient, whose fluid management was complicated by the development of toxic epidermal necrolysis, a condition which itself may mimic a burn, is presented. The possible causes, together with the diagnostic and therapeutic problems posed by this combination of ailments, are discussed.
Handfield-Jones
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Department of Plastic Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham.
Davison
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Wilson
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Millard
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D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*