1Department of Pharmacology, J. N. Medical College, Belgaum, India
2Department of Forensic Medicine, J. N. Medical College, Belgaum, India
Online published on 28 February, 2012.
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis(TEN)/Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a drug induced disorder characterized by blisters and epidermal detachment which presents like a case of burns. We present a 38 year old woman of Dravidian descent who presented with history of blisters allover the body which was initially mistaken to be a case of scald burns later confirmed to be a case of ceftriaxone induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. TEN may be mistaken for burns. In unidentified body without proper history, if medico-legal expert is unaware about this condition then cause of death due to Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis may be mistaken for burns.
