Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-like Rash of Lupus: A Dermatologist's Dilemma

For most dermatologists, the challenge posed by toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) lies not in its diagnosis, but in pulling the patient out of this life-threatening condition. However, when a patient presents with a TEN-like picture in the background of lupus erythematosus (LE), it becomes difficult...

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Autores principales: Monga, Brahmita, Ghosh, Sangita, Jain, VK
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25071264
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.135497
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description For most dermatologists, the challenge posed by toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) lies not in its diagnosis, but in pulling the patient out of this life-threatening condition. However, when a patient presents with a TEN-like picture in the background of lupus erythematosus (LE), it becomes difficult to decide whether the eruption is drug induced or a manifestation of lupus itself.
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spelling pubmed-41032812014-07-28 Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-like Rash of Lupus: A Dermatologist's Dilemma Monga, Brahmita Ghosh, Sangita Jain, VK Indian J Dermatol Case Report For most dermatologists, the challenge posed by toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) lies not in its diagnosis, but in pulling the patient out of this life-threatening condition. However, when a patient presents with a TEN-like picture in the background of lupus erythematosus (LE), it becomes difficult to decide whether the eruption is drug induced or a manifestation of lupus itself. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4103281/ /pubmed/25071264 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.135497 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-like Rash of Lupus: A Dermatologist's Dilemma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103281/
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