| 释义 |
Lyell disease staph·y·lo·coc·cal scald·ed skin syn·dromea disease affecting infants in whom large areas of skin peel off, as in a second-degree burn, as a result of upper respiratory staphylococcal infection even though the skin lesions are sterile; the level of skin separation is subcorneal, unlike a burn or the clinically similar toxic epidermal necrolysis that occurs in children and adults and which involves subepidermal cleavage. Synonym(s): Lyell disease
staph·y·lo·coc·cal scald·ed skin syn·dromea disease affecting infants in whom large areas of skin peel off, as in a second-degree burn, as a result of upper respiratory staphylococcal infection even though the skin lesions are sterile; the level of skin separation is subcorneal, unlike a burn or the clinically similar toxic epidermal necrolysis that occurs in children and adults and which involves subepidermal cleavage. Synonym(s): Lyell diseaseLyell disease (li'elz) [Alan Lyell, UK dermatologist, 1917–2007] Toxic epidermal necrolysis.Lyell, Alan, 20th century Scottish dermatologist. Lyell disease - a disease affecting infants in which large areas of skin peel off as a result of upper respiratory staphylococcal infection. Synonym(s): Ritter disease; Ritter syndrome; staphylococcal scalded skin syndromeLyell syndrome - a syndrome in which a large portion of the skin becomes intensely erythematous with epidermal necrosis, and peels off. Synonym(s): toxic epidermal necrolysis |