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Case Reports
. 2013 Jan;26(1):80-3.
doi: 10.3344/kjp.2013.26.1.80. Epub 2013 Jan 4.

Stevens-johnson syndrome induced by carbamazepine treatment in a patient who previously had carbamazepine induced pruritus - a case report -

Hyun Min Bae  1 , Yoo Jung Park, Young Hoon Kim, Dong Eon Moon
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Stevens-johnson syndrome induced by carbamazepine treatment in a patient who previously had carbamazepine induced pruritus - a case report -

Hyun Min Bae et al. Korean J Pain. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a rare but life-threatening skin reaction disease and carbamazepine is one of its most common causes. We report a case of SJS secondary to carbamazepine in a patient with previous pruritus due to carbamazepine which was given for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. We would like to caution all providers that carbamazepine readministration should be avoided in the patient with a previous history of SJS or adverse skin reaction. In addition, we strongly recommend gradual titration when initiating treatment with carbamazepine.

Keywords: Stevens-Johnson syndrome; carbamazepine; drug hypersensitivity reaction; trigerminal neuralgia.

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Skin and mucosa of our patient: ruptured bullae over the right arm and oral mucosa were involved by SJS.
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