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Sindrome DRESS: da un caso clinico particolare alla rivisitazione della patologia

DRESS syndrome

Sergio Manieri, Fabiola De Gregorio, Maria Pia Mirauda, Carmela Colangelo, Maria Tagliente, Rosaria Abate, Luciana Romaniello, Rosa Lapolla, Donatello Salvatore
UOC di Pediatria, Ospedale San Carlo, Potenza

Gennaio 2022 | DOI: 10.53126/MEBXXV010

Abstract
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a severe multiorgan hypersensitivity reaction mostly caused by several eliciting drugs in patients with a genetic predisposition. Anti-convulsants are the main drugs involved both in adults and in children. Incidence of DRESS in children is very variable, from 1:1,000 to 1:10,000, and the mortality rate seems to be lower than 10%. The treatment of choice is the prompt withdrawn of the offending drug and using intravenous immunoglobulins and corticosteroids used in synergy. In recent years, emerging studies have outlined the disease more clearly. We present a paediatric case in which the patient developed DRESS syndrome as a result of exposure to lamotrigine before and carbamazepine after and a relapse after exposure to omeprazole. Starting from this case report we provide an overview on DRESS syndrome.
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