Professional paper

Extreme Dermatology – the Intensive Care Skills of Dermatologists in Three Case Presentations of Acute Skin Failure

Carmen Maria Salavastru ; 2nd Clnic of Dermatology - Colentina Clinical Hospital,
Elena Livia Severin ; 2nd Clnic of Dermatology - Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Mihaela Moisa ; 2nd Clnic of Dermatology - Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Klaus Fritz ; Dermatology Clinic Landau, Germany
Sorin George Tiplica ; 2nd Clnic of Dermatology - Colentina Clinical Hospital,

Abstract

Dermatological emergencies include a number of clinical
conditions usually accompanied by systemic symptoms that can lead
to life-threatening complications.
From the broad spectrum of life-threatening dermatoses, three cases
are presented: a case of febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease
(FUMHD), a case of pemphigus vulgaris mimicking Stevens-Johnson
syndrome (SJS), and a case of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN).
Those cases were considered extreme, and presented to illustrate the
positive outcome of timely intensive dermatological care.
An interdisciplinary approach is essential in the diagnosis, treatment,
management, and follow up of patients with life-threatening dermatoses.

Keywords

life-threatening dermatoses; pemphigus vulgaris; toxic epidermal necrolysis; febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease

Hrčak ID:

121308

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/121308

Publication date:

15.5.2014.

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