Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis as the First Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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.