THE purpose of this paper is to report on the therapeutic effect of ACTH in a case of Stevens–Johnson syndrome (erythema multiforme exudativum). A few cases similarly treated have been reported.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My sister broke out in a full-body rash of red, itchy blotches, and her doctor told her it was erythema multiforme. It is rare, and he sees only a few cases per year. Could you ...

Erythema multiforme (EM) represents a spectrum of acute, immune-mediated mucocutaneous conditions that predominantly affect the skin and, in many instances, the oral mucosa. Typically presenting with ...

This clinical scenario is typical of a child presenting with erythema multiforme (EM) minor. EM is an acute, self-limited hypersensitivity reaction. About 90% of cases are believed to be triggered by ...

A NUMBER of reports have appeared in the literature in recent years on the condition known as the Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The numerous descriptive names attached to its multiple manifestations have ...

Erythema multiforme (EM) is an acute, immune-mediated, mucocutaneous eruption marked by symmetrically distributed targetoid lesions. 10 The typical EM lesion morphology is a targetoid round macule or ...

Erythema multiforme. Although most cases of erythema multiforme do not have bullae or crusts, some do. Erythema multiforme major is usually characterized by fewer but larger lesions that tend to have ...

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Erythema means reddening of the skin due to inflammation which is usually a result of accumulation of cells of the immune system and chemicals these cells release. There can be many reasons for the ...