Clinical Toxicology 2010-06-01

Etofenamate associated with Lyell syndrome: a case report.

Yalcin Golcuk, Deniz Oray, Ozge Duman Atilla, Nilay Tefennioglu

Index: Clin. Toxicol. (Phila.) 48(5) , 471-2, (2010)

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Abstract

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell syndrome) is a rare, acute, and potentially life-threatening mucocutaneous disease that is most often triggered by drugs. This is the first case of toxic epidermal necrolysis because of treatment with etofenamate of which we are aware.