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A Case of Severe Hepatitis due to Varicella Zoster

Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to procaine penicillin.

I toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), a wide layer of skin is peeled and an immature skin layer appears. In a short period, an epidermal necrolysis characterized by scalded appearance of skin due to febrile toxic reaction develops. The mortality rate of this disease is high (20-70%), due to dramatic drug reactions of the skin. The disease resembles mostly to erythema multiforme (EM), Steven Johns...

Toxic polyneuropathy due to glue sniffing.

Four cases of toxic polyneuropathy due to glue-sniffing were reported. Neurological examination revealed motor predominant mixed type polyneuropathy. The cause of polyneuropathies in these cases was considered to be due to the inhalation of the vaporized elements of the adhesive agent, which contain mainly n-hexane and toluene. N-hexane is considered to be chiefly responsible for the polyneurop...

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Due to Aceclofenac

Toxic epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) are serious disorders commonly termed as idiosyncratic reactions to drug, the most common being antiepileptic(phenytoin, barbiturates, carbamazepine and lamotrigine), sulfonamides, trimethoprim, ampicillin, allopurinol and NSAIDS (especially phenylbutazone and oxicam derivatives). Here we report a case of TEN in a patient who developed the lesion after oral admi...

Aloe-induced Toxic Hepatitis

Aloe has been widely used in phytomedicine. Phytomedicine describes aloe as a herb which has anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, anti-aging effects. In recent years several cases of aloe-induced hepatotoxicity were reported. But its pharmacokinetics and toxicity are poorly described in the literature. Here we report three cases with aloe-induced toxic hepatitis. A 57-yr-old woman, a 62-yr-ol...