Toxic epidermal necrolysis

This is a clinical dermatological condition of drug reaction which forms a continuum with toxic Stevens-Johnson syndrome. In toxic epidermal necrolysis the percentage of peeling of blisters on maculopapular  purpura is more than 30% of body surface area. In Stevens-Johnson syndrome, blisters detach in less than 10% of body surface area.

 
Toxic epidermal necrolysis

        

 

 
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