Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

**Definition:** Rare cutaneous eruption characterized by extensive KERATINOCYTE apoptosis resulting in skin detachment with mucosal involvement. It is often provoked by the use of drugs (e.g., antibiotics and anticonvulsants) or associated with PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA. It is considered a continuum of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.

**Tree numbers:** - C07.465.864.500 - C17.800.174.600.900 - C17.800.229.400.683 - C17.800.865.475.683 - C20.543.418.787 - C25.100.468.380.900