The combination of lupus erythematosus and erythema multiforme has been grouped as Rowell’s syndrome. Though there are reports of so called ‘Rowell’s syndrome’ (RS) in the literature, recentlymany authors have questioned the rationale behind regarding Rowell’s syndrome as a separate clinical entity. Nevertheless, we describe a 20 year old female patient with features of systemic lupus erythemat...

Incomplete Kawasaki disease represents a diagnostic challenge for pediatricians. In the absence of classical presentation, the laboratoristic evaluation of systemic inflammation can help in placing the correct diagnosis to promptly start adequate therapy. Erythema multiforme is an acute, self-limiting condition considered to be a hypersensitivity reaction commonly associated with various infect...

evidence to suggest hat it represents a cell-mediated hypersensitivity reaction to an antigen.(j It is unclear how suramin may mount and direct a cellular immune reaction in the skin. In our patient, despite steroid therapy, suramin may have been involved in the immune response, inducing the lesions of erythema multiforme. Other causes of erythema multiforme would be unlikely, although they can...

Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening immunological reaction that results from the sudden release of mast-cell-de­ rived and basophil-derived mediators into the circulatory sys­ tem. Hypersensitivity syndrome reactions (HSR) include cu­ taneous eruptions like erythema multiforme and StevenJohnson syndrome, and are commonly induced by drugs. Ery­ thema multiforme (EM) is an acute, usuall...