title: Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome secondary to carbamazepine.
abstract: Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is a potentially fatal multiorgan drug reaction that presents with various cutaneous eruptions. There is a genetic predisposition to such reactions. We present a young woman with AHS due to carbamazepine that presented as an atypical erythema multiforme with elevated liver enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas.
authors.forename: Shannon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas.
authors.forename: Robin L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Dauterive