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Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis of Chemotherapy

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An eruption of mildly pruritic crusted, eroded, and pseudovesicular erythematous papules most commonly on the chest and back, though can involve the extremities and rarely the scalp.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Megan H. Noe MD, MPH

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Misha Rosenbach

  2. Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Karolyn A. Wanat

  3. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Robert G. Micheletti

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Laura A. Taylor

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Noe, M.H. (2018). Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis of Chemotherapy. In: Rosenbach, M., Wanat, K., Micheletti, R., Taylor, L. (eds) Inpatient Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18449-4_14

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