Lyell's syndrome

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exfoliative dermatitis

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• The diagnosis of Lyell's syndrome is mainly clinical because the confirmation of the drug involved is more difficult since there are no safe and reliable skin or in vitro tests that are generally available.
• Lyell's syndrome is the result of a severe medicamentous toxemia.
• Conclusions Lyell's syndrome is a severe disease with a high mortality rate in which systemic treatment, along with meticulous cutaneous management, is essential.
• For this reason toxic epidermal necrolysis (as Lyell's syndrome is also known) is a pathology that is often treated in Burn Centres.
• As Lyell's syndrome is always caused by an immunitary over-response, we legitimately think that HBO benefits may also depend on its interference with the immunitary system (27).

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