Steven Johnson Syndrome: A Case Report

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is an acute, usually self-limiting disease of the skin and mucous membranes. Vesiculobullous skin lesions with two or more mucosal area are usually affected in this disease. Especially drugs, various infectious agents, malignancy, collagen tissue diseases are common etiological factors of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Rate of the patients’ mortality with SJS is %3-%18. There is no specific treatment. Early withdrawal of implicated agent and supportive therapy as applied to the first treatment method. Corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), immunosuppressive drugs, hemodialysis, plasmapheresis, hyperbaric oxygen is the other treatment options. In this study, we aimed to discuss the treatment approach of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome on a case that developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome following to use of drug for upper respiratory tract infection.