ERUPTIVE FEVER WITH STOMATITIS AND OPHTHALMIA (STEVENS-JOHNSON)
Authors: Arnold Widerman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Case Reports1 November 1947ERUPTIVE FEVER WITH STOMATITIS AND OPHTHALMIA (STEVENS-JOHNSON)ARNOLD WIDERMANARNOLD WIDERMANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-5-830 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn their discussion of the erythema multiforme group of dermatoses, Sutton and Sutton1 listed a subvariety: eruptive fever with stomatitis and ophthalmia, ectodermose erosive pluriorificielle, or dermatostomatitis. This syndrome has also been called erythema multiforme of the Stevens-Johnson variety; for it was Stevens and Johnson2 who in the American literature first proposed the designation of this group as an entity apart from erythema exudativum multiforme (Hebra). These authors introduced the disease as "a new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia." However, similar cases have been described previously by Rendu3 and Fiessinger and Rendu4 as "ectodermoses erosives pluriorificielles."Within two...Bibliography1. SUTTONSUTTON RLRL: Diseases of the skin, 10th Ed., 1939, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, p. 146 and 1496. Google Scholar2. STEVENSJOHNSON AMEC: A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1922, xxiv, 526. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RENDU R: cited by Sutton and Sutton. Google Scholar4. FIESSINGERRENDU NR: cited by Fletcher and Harris. Google Scholar5. KEIL H: A type of gonococcal bacteremia with characteristic hemorrhagic vesiculopustular and bullous skin lesions, Quart. Jr. Med., 1933, vii, 1. Google Scholar6. GINANDES GJ: Eruptive fever with stomatitis and ophthalmia—Atypical erythema exudativum multiforme (Stevens-Johnson), Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1935, xlix, 1148. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KLAUDER JV: Ectodermosis erosiva pluriorificialis: Its resemblance to the human form of foot and mouth disease and its relation to erythema exudativum multiforme, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1937, xxxvi, 1067. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. AGELOFF H: Erythema multiforme bullosum with involvement of mucous membranes of eyes and mouth (Stevens-Johnson disease), New England Jr. Med., 1940, ccxxiii, 217. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. ELLIS FA: Reactions to nirvanol, phenytoin sodium, and phenobarbital, South. Med. Jr., 1943, xxxvi, 575. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MURPHY RC: Eruptive fever involving mouth and eyes (Stevens-Johnson disease), New England Jr. Med., 1944, ccxxx, 69. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. KOVE S: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (eruptive fever with stomatitis and conjunctivitis), Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1945, ccx, 611. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. EDGARSYVERTON KJJT: Erythema exudativum multiforme with ophthalmia and stomatitis: Report of two cases in children with certain observations on histopathology and animal inoculation, Jr. Pediat., 1938, xii, 151. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. FLETCHERHARRIS MWRC: Erythema exudativum multiforme (Hebra)—bullous type, Jr. Pediat., 1945, xxvii, 465. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. ROSENBERGROSENBERG LJ: Erythema exsudativum multiforme (Hebra) with conjunctivitis and stomatitis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1940, xli, 1066. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. KOKE MP: Conjunctivitis in erythema exudativum multiforme: Report of three cases, Arch. Ophth., 1941, xxv, 78. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. KEIL H: Erythema multiforme exsudativum (Hebra), a clinical entity associated with systemic features, Ann. Int. Med., 1940, xiv, 449. Google Scholar17. CASKEY CR: Vincent's angina associated with unusual skin manifestations, Urol. and Cut. Rev., 1932, xxxvi, 370. Google Scholar18. CHICKWITZBERGER FECM: Erythema multiforme exudativum accompanying oral Vincent's infection, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1938, lv, 573. Google Scholar19. BAILEY JH: Lesions of the cornea and conjunctivitis in erythema exudativum multiforme (Hebra), Arch. Ophth., 1931, vi, 362. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. BUTLER J: Erythema multiforme confined to the mucous membrane, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1922, vi, 1. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication May 31, 1946.From the Medical Service of the AAF Station Hospital, Seymour Johnson Field, N. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDrugs as etiologic factors in the Stevens-Johnson syndromeDas Stevens-Johnson-Syndrom.Further Studies of Stevens-Johnson's Disease* 1 November 1947Volume 27, Issue 5Page: 830-834KeywordsErythemaFeversMedical servicesSkin diseases Issue Published: 1 November 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...