Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to K M Vervoorn.
A dentist referred a 35-year-old woman to the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery because of recurrent aphtous-like changes of the oral mucosa and persisting pain. She also experienced similar complaints about her eyes and genitals. This combination of symptoms was suspect for Behçet's disease.
In case of a combination of hypersalivation and mucosal disease that rapidly progresses towards becoming indisposed, one has to consider an underlying general disease. In this paper a patient with these complaints, who visited the emergency department of the Groningen University Hospital, is described. The patient appeared to be suffering from a specific form of erythema multiforma, viz. the syndrome of Stevens-Johnson.