Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
DRUG ERUPTION CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH FEVER, ERYTHEMATOUS RASH AND INFLAMMATION OF INTERNAL ORGANS
Drug hypersensitivity syndrome; Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms; Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms; Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; Drug-induced pseudolymphoma; DRESS syndrome; DRESS
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), also termed drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), is a rare reaction to certain medications. It involves primarily a widespread skin rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and characteristic blood abnormalities such as an abnormally high level of eosinophils, low number of platelets, and increased number of atypical white blood cells (lymphocytes).