Stevens-Johnson syndrome after aortocoronary bypass surgery

Mehmet Ali Şahin,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.067

Mehmet Ali Şahin¹, Adem Güler¹, Artan Jahollari¹, Mehmet Yokuşoğlu², Ufuk Demirkılıç¹, Harun Tatar¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Cardiology, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.067

Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a life-threatening disease involving the skin, in which the epidermis is detached from the dermis due to cell death. The syndrome is considered to be a type of hypersensitivity reaction which affects skin and mucous membranes. In this article, we present a 78-year-old male who underwent aortocoronary bypass surgery (ACBS) 14 days ago and was admitted to our department with the complains of high fever, malaise, fatigue, diarrhea and cutaneous erruptions. The patient was histopathologically diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and died on day 20 following surgery. To the best of our knowledge, it the first case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome which was developed after ACBS.

Keywords : Aortocoronary bypass surgery; Stevens-Johnson syndrome

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