Toxic epidermal necrolysis: differential diagnosis of an epidermolytic dermopathy in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is an epidermolytic skin disorder associated with drug administration. It is associated with an erythematous rash with full thickness epidermal loss and characteristic histology. A 35-year-old woman underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for severe aplastic anemia (SAA). She developed an acute epidermolytic rash and TEN was diagnosed on the basis of skin biopsy. In the HSCT setting, TEN should be thought of as an important differential diagnosis of epidermolytic dermopathies. The most distinctive diagnostic test in the differential diagnosis of these disorders is skin biopsy

publication date

  • September 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036739312

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703624

PubMed ID

  • 12209357

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 5