This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (31)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Acute Pemphigus

BRIAN POTTER, M.D.; ROBERT AUERBACH, M.D.; ALLAN L. LORINCZ, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1960;82(6):903-907.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

A striking dermatologic disease resembling scalding, namely acute pemphigus, has been recently renamed toxic epidermal necrolysis by Lyell,¹ or epidermolysis necroticans combustiformis by Soltermann.² Already, mention has been made in the literature of a score or more examples under these names, and the disease is apparently not rare.³ However, no recent mention of it has been made in the American literature, and for this reason the following example is reported.

Report of a Case

A Negro girl, aged 22 months, was well until March 11, 1960, when she had an upper respiratorytract infection with cough, coryza, and otitis media but no pharyngitis. She received, by injection, aqueous and procaine penicillin on March 13, and an oral mixed sulfonamide preparation for 10 days. Aspirin and a cough medicine containing saccharated thyme were also given. By March 25, she felt well again. On March 30, the child fell . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Chicago

From the Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago (Stephen Rothman, M.D., Chief of Section).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 19, 1960.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?