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. 2025 Sep;41(5):e70053.
doi: 10.1111/phpp.70053.

Photodistributed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Sergio Castillo-Pinto  1 , Miguel Nieto  2 , María Camila Marín Murillo  1 , Adriana Cruz-Garnica  3
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Photodistributed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Sergio Castillo-Pinto et al. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2025 Sep.
No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
(A) Extensive erosions and honey‐colored crusts on the forehead, cheeks, eyelids, and vermilion border. (B, C) Erythematous–violaceous plaques with flaccid blisters on their surface, some erosions in photo‐exposed areas in trunk and arms. (D) Extensive blistering on the soles.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Histopathological findings (H&E × 40). Vacuolar interface damage in the epidermis, with numerous apoptotic bodies and lymphocyte exocytosis, associated with subepidermal cleft formation and full‐thickness epidermal necrosis, occasional eosinophils and neutrophils, with the presence of melanophages.
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