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Published on: May 2, 2013
Stevens-Johnson syndrome with a recall-like reaction within a donor graft site
Maleka Najmi1, Leigha Sharp2, Michelle Tarbox2
1Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas.
Abstract:
We describe a 69-year-old white man with a recent history of a left forearm sarcoma resection treated with a split-thickness skin graft and radiotherapy who presented with cellulitis of the left forearm, for which a 2-week course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was prescribed. Ten days into treatment, he presented with flu-like symptoms and a rash. He was eventually diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome accentuated on the donor split-thickness skin graft on the left thigh region mimicking a recall reaction. There are no other reported cases of Stevens-Johnson syndrome localized within donor graft sites; therefore, this case may represent a novel form of recall reaction.
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