Abstract
There are many recognized acute complications of Stevens-Johnson syndrome: however, long-term sequelae involving the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts are exceedingly rare. We present an 8-year-old girl who developed esophageal stricture and chronic lung disease while recovering from Stevens-Johnson syndrome and discuss these complications with possible mechanisms for their occurrence.
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- esophageal stricture
- trachea deviation
- flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy
- pneumatosis pulmonale
- Received January 28, 1991.
- Accepted April 24, 1991.
- Copyright © 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
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