STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME, A VARIATION OF ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME EXSUDATIVUM (HEBRA): A REPORT OF TWO CASES

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Case Reports1 February 1947STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME, A VARIATION OF ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME EXSUDATIVUM (HEBRA): A REPORT OF TWO CASESHENRY S. WENTZ, M.D., HARVEY H. SEIPLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY S. WENTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HARVEY H. SEIPLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-2-277 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTwo cases are presented—the first a syndrome of ulceromembranous stomatitis, purulent conjunctivitis, urethritis, and signs of constitutional toxicity; the second an eruptive bullous type febrile disease associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia. Both cases conform to the picture described by Stevens and Johnson. Stevens and Johnson3 in 1922 felt that their syndrome of an eruptive febrile disease associated with stomatitis and purulent conjunctivitis was a distinct clinical entity. Controversy exists, however, as to whether the syndrome should be differentiated from erythema multiforme exsudativum.Fletcher and Harris1in 1945 and Keil2in 1940 have presented excellent historical reviews. Erythemas were first described...Bibliography1. FLETCHERHARRIS MWRC: Erythema exsudativum multiforme (Hebra)—bullous type, Jr. Pediat., 1945, xxvii, 465-478. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. KEIL H: Erythema multiforme exsudativum (Hebra), a clinical entity associated with systemic features, Ann. Int. Med., 1940, xiv, 450. Google Scholar3. STEVENSJOHNSON AMFC: A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia: report of two cases in children, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1922, xxiv, 526-533. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KOKE MP: Conjunctivitis in erythema exsudativum multiforme, Arch. Ophth., 1941, xxv, 78-88. 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