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A case of toxic epidermal necrolysis with lesions mostly on sun-exposed skin.

Mansur AT, Aydingöz IA

Department of Dermatology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. tulinmansur@hotmail.com

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a cutaneous, mostly drug-induced reaction pattern characterized by a widespread necrosis and exfoliation of epidermis, involving more than 30% of the body surface area. Photo-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and erythema multiforme, which belong to the same spectrum of TEN, have been described before. However, there is only one case of TEN limited to sun-exposed areas, which was caused by clobazam. In this report a second case of TEN because of naproxen, with lesions showing clear-cut borders on sun-exposed body areas resembling a sun-burn reaction, is presented.

Published 8 March 2005 in Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 21(2): 100-2.
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