Laurisch Sören, Jaedtke Maren, Demir Reyhan, Sorrentino Sajoscha A, Kielstein Jan T, Rennekampff Hans-Oliver, Vogt Peter M, Meyer Gerd P, Fuchs Martin, Klein Gunnar, Drexler Hartmut, Schieffer Bernhard, Napp L Christian
Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Med Klin (Munich). 2010 Apr;105(4):262-6. doi: 10.1007/s00063-010-1037-3.
The present report describes the case of a 67-year-old patient who developed an allopurinol-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) with toxic epidermal necrolysis and subsequently died of septic multiorgan failure. Considering the increasing prescription rate of allopurinol, the present case report intends to demonstrate the underestimated threat of AHS.