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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 23:7:57-59.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.10.020. eCollection 2021 Jan.

A rare presentation of enfortumab vedotin-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis

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A rare presentation of enfortumab vedotin-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis

Andrea Francis et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: MMAE, monomethyl auristatin E; SCORTEN, score of toxic epidermal necrolysis; SJS, Stevens-Johnson syndrome; TEN, toxic epidermal necrolysis; enfortumab vedotin; general dermatology; medical dermatology; medical oncology; toxic epidermal necrolysis.

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Fig 1
Toxic epidermal necrolysis. The patient had demonstrable skin sloughing and erythema on his back.
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Fig 2
Toxic epidermal necrolysis. The patient had evident skin sloughing and erythema on the posterior aspect of his bilateral thighs and buttocks.
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Fig 3
Biopsy of the right forearm. The patient's biopsy demonstrated an evidence of interface dermatitis with central areas of full-thickness epidermal necrosis/apoptosis, consistent with SJS/TEN spectrum. SJS, Stevens-Johnson syndrome; TEN, toxic epidermal necrolysis.

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