Bronchial obstruction due to respiratory mucosal sloughing in toxic epidermal necrolysis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 17 year old woman is described who nearly asphyxiated because of sloughing of the bronchial mucosa as a result of toxic epidermal necrolysis. Bronchoscopic aspiration of bronchial slough proved life saving.
Medical subject headings
- Asphyxia
- Bronchial Diseases
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome