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Patient Is Admitted to the Hospital with Probable SJS-TEN,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

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Patient is admitted to the hospital with probable SJS-TEN,Stevens-Johnson syndrome with toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap.The patient has a fever,chills,blistering of the mouth and eyes,and large areas on the trunk of the body where skin is peeling off.The patient recently began receiving allopurinol for gout.The attending physician admits that patient to the burn unit and documents that 30% of the body is affected by TENS and that the likely cause of this is the allopurinol.


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