Case 136

Medical history

 

34 years-old male presented to the family health care center with conjunctival erythema, odynophagia, malaise, myalgia and fever of 102.2°F, and was treated empirically at this episode with metamizole (dypirone) and amoxicillin. He reported tick stings that same day. A couple of hours after the first dose of the prescribed medication, the patient exhibited an erythematous/purpuric rash, with confluent plaques and sero-hemorrhagic blisters compromising face, trunk, members, as well as buccal and penile mucosa. Moreover, he was undergoing treatment for hyperuricemia and arterial hypertension with allopurinol and atenolol, respectively.


Question:
Based on the clinical history and the photographs provided, which is the most likely diagnosis?

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