title: In the pursuit of classifying severe cutaneous adverse reactions.
abstract: We suggest adding an additional type of lesion to the existing 4 types of lesions of the erythema multiforme (EM), Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), namely "flat typical target" and call the original typical targets "raised typical target." The EM group would consist of raised typical targets and raised atypical targets, similar to the original definition, and the SJS/TEN group would consist of flat typical targets, flat atypical targets and macules with or without blisters. In our proposed modified classification (Table 1), all the lesions that are found in the EM group are raised, whereas all lesions that characterize the SJS/TEN group are flat, even though they have blisters on them.
authors.affiliation: The Dermatology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rechovot, Israel. wolf_r@netvision.net.il <wolf_r@netvision.net.il>
authors.forename: Ronni
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Batya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davidovici
mesh_terms: D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology*; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000145:classification; D013577:Syndrome