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Cystic lesion of the parotid following drug‐induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell's syndrome)
Author(s) -
Paquet P.,
Jacob E.,
Piérard G. E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2005.00315.x
Subject(s) - toxic epidermal necrolysis , medicine , lesion , pathology , dermatology , parotid gland , cyst , salivary gland
A 32‐year‐old woman developed a unilateral cyst of the duct of parotid gland 4 months after severe oral involvement of drug‐induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). The pathomechanism leading to the TEN epidermal destruction had presumably involved the salivary epithelium as well, leading to the development of the cystic lesion. The patient had low serum lipase levels, but high serum amylase levels at the time of TEN. These serological markers could represent a clue for the risk of developing cystic lesions of the large salivary glands following TEN.