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Intestinal involvement in toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) has been identified only rarely. This report describes a case of TEN with ileal manifestations characterized by a profuse diarrhea with malabsorption, protein-losing enteropathy, and radiologically by multiple stenosis. After healing of the cutaneous lesions, total parenteral nutrition was initiated, resulting in a decreased diarrhea. However, after one month of total parenteral nutrition, malabsorption and protein-losing enteropathy continued and the radiological lesions were still present with an aspect consistent with a sclerotic process. A surgical resection of the pathological ileal segment was performed with end-to-end anastomosis. Pathological examination of the resected segment showed a necrosis of the ileal mucosa with a pattern similar to that of the epidermal necrosis. No sclerosis was observed. It seems that a prolonged total parenteral nutrition could have induced a complete healing of intestinal lesions. This case report is the first clinical, radiological, and histological study of an ileal involvement in TEN.
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Michel, P., Joly, P., Ducrotte, P. et al. Ileal involvement in toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell syndrome). Digest Dis Sci 38, 1938–1941 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296123
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