Long term complications of Stevens-Johnson syndrome / Toxic epidermal necrolysis: The spectrum of chronic problems in patients who survive an episode of SJS/TEN necessitates multi-disciplinary follow up

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe adverse reactions to drugs which cause a life-threatening eruption of mucocutaneous blistering and epithelial sloughing. The two terms describe phenotypes occurring at either end of a severity spectrum: SJS is the less extensive form (<10% body surface area (BSA) detachment), while TEN is the more extensive (>30% BSA detachment). Cases in which there is 10-30% epidermal detachment are referred to as SJS-TEN overlap.

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