Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis as the First Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Author:
Anisha Bhullar
;
Wan Syazween Iyana Wan Ahmad Kamal
;
Kartini Rahim
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
TEN and SLE;
TEN-like SLE;
Acute cutaneous lupus
- From:Malaysian Journal of Dermatology
2017;38(June):83-86
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe mucocutaneous disease characterized by extensive
epidermal detachment with drugs as the most probable cause. We describe a unique case of TEN
where systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was found to be the precipitating underlying disease. Our
patient was managed in ICU, however succumbed one month after her diagnosis due to overwhelming
sepsis and multiorgan failure.
