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KMID : 0358920170440040455
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2017 Volume.44 No. 4 p.455 ~ p.460
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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome : A Case Report
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Song Yong-Ho
Lee Nan-Young
Lee Sang-Ho
Jih Myeong-Kwan
Lim Yu-Jin
Yoon Young-Mi
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Abstract
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), an extremely severe acute hypersensitivity reaction, causes extensive necrosis on the skin and the mucous membrane. SJS is a disease of unknown cause that can occur in all age groups. It is thought to be caused by drug allergy or induced by bacterial infection. Epidermal surface invasion of less than 10 percent is called SJS, and invasion of more than 30 percent is called toxic epidermal necrolysis. Although it is rare with an incidence of 1 - 2 cases per million people per year, it has effects on tooth development and therefore on children who are in a growth phase. The purpose of this case report is to examine the effect of SJS on tooth development in children. In general, eruption of the upper and lower 1st molars and lower central incisors starts at 6 - 7 years of age. Root development also occurs at this time. In the case reported here, SJS occurred in a 6-year-old patient. Although the patient’s SJS was completely cured , he still suffers from aftereffects. Developmental abnormalities in the patient’s teeth were observed only in teeth for which root development had been completed at the time. The purpose of this case report is to illustrate how to diagnose such systemic diseases by intra-oral features and to recognize and resolve tooth development problems associated with the disease.
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KEYWORD
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Abnormal root development
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