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Clinical and direct immunofluorescence characteristics of cutaneous toxicity associated with enfortumab vedotin.

Caitlin L PennyKrystina QuowChandler W RundleRami N Al-RohilAdela R CardonesMeenal K KheterpalAmber I Fresco
Published in: The British journal of dermatology (2022)
Enfortumab vedotin (EV), a novel antibody-drug conjugate approved for metastatic urothelial carcinoma, causes a variety of cutaneous adverse reactions. We present two cases of bullous eruptions following treatment with EV, both demonstrating IgG deposition on direct immunofluorescence (DIF) correlating to the location of nectin-4 in the epidermis. This suggests that the IgG component of EV binding to nectin-4 in keratinocytes is likely a primary contributor to the high rates of cutaneous toxicity.
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