A Case of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with Diverse Etiologies: Successful Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Pulse Prednisolone and Effects on sTRAIL and sCD200 Levels

Yalcin A. D., Karakas A. A., Soykam G., Gorczynski R. M., Sezer C., BİŞGİN A., ...More

CLINICAL LABORATORY, vol.59, pp.681-685, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.7754/clin.lab.2012.120814
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL LABORATORY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.681-685
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Here, we report the first case of patient with intracranial tumors (ICT) who developed a cutaneous adverse drug reaction during lansoprazole and prophylactic anticonvulsant treatment. SCORTEN is a scoring system used to predict mortality in TEN patients. If SCORTEN index is 5 or more, mortality rate is more than 90%. SCORTEN of our patient was calculated as 5.