Erythema Multiforme Major after Whole Brain Radiotherapy: A Case of Emar Syndrome?

We report the case of a woman with a 4-year history of metastatic breast carcinoma presenting a large erosive area on her scalp plus erosive lesions on the lips and in the mouth and erythematous plaques with vesicles on the trunk and upper limbs. In this case, contrary to other reports, the most imp...

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Published inEuropean journal of inflammation Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 535 - 537
Main Authors Bottoni, U., Nisticò, S., Amoruso, G.F., Sacco, A., Arcidiacono, V., Calvieri, S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2013
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Subjects
Breast cancer
Radiation therapy
Skin diseases
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
phenobarbital
exemestane
whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT)
EMPACT (Erythema Multiforme associated with Phenytoin and Cranial radiation Therapy) syndrome
methylprednisolone
erythema multiforme
metastatic breast carcinoma
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Summary:We report the case of a woman with a 4-year history of metastatic breast carcinoma presenting a large erosive area on her scalp plus erosive lesions on the lips and in the mouth and erythematous plaques with vesicles on the trunk and upper limbs. In this case, contrary to other reports, the most important trigger for this syndrome was radiotherapy rather than the systemic medications administered. Therefore we propose the term EMAR (erythema multiforme associated to radiotherapy) to describe this case.
ISSN:2058-7392
1721-727X
2058-7392
DOI:10.1177/1721727X1301100224