LONG-TERM CORNEAL INVOLVEMENT FOLLOWING DRUG-INDUCED TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS (LYELLS DISEASE)

Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a mucocutaneous disease that also causes important ocular sequelae. Conjunctival retraction, scars and sicca s yndrome with severe corneal lesions are the principal ocular complicat ions, sometimes resulting in a major handicap for the patient. We repo rt a case where long-term sequelae ended in corneal perforation requir ing a keratoplasty more than 20 years after the initial attack.