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. 2021 Jul 8;40(3):949–982. doi: 10.1007/s10555-021-09976-0

Table 17.

All-grade adverse events of dermatological origin in cancer patients treated with ICI [71, 7480]

System Symptoms Abnormalities in diagnostic test results Suspected pathology
Skin

Maculopapular rash

Erythema multiforme

Eczematous

Psoriasiform

Skin rash (maculopapular lesions)

Dry skin

Full skin and mucosal examination with attentionto lesion type and percentage of BSA percentage

Skin biopsy (lichenoid dermatitis, spongiotic dermatitis, perivascular infiltrate rich in T lymphocytes, in bulbous dermatosessubepidermal blisters can be observed)

Inflammatory dermatitis, rush
Vitiligo-like lesions, usually bilaterally and symmetrically distributed  Full skin and mucosal examination with attention to lesion type and percentage of BSA percentage Skin biopsy (lichenoid dermatitis, spongiotic dermatitis, perivascular infiltrate rich in T lymphocytes, in bulbous dermatoses subepidermal blisters can be observed) Vitiligo

Pemphigoid

Skin blisters

 Full skin and mucosal examination with attention to lesion type and percentage of BSA percentage Skin biopsy (lichenoid dermatitis, spongiotic dermatitis, perivascular infiltrate rich in T lymphocytes, in bulbous dermatoses subepidermal blisters can be observed) Bullous dermatoses

Changes in structure of skin

Skin pain

Fever

Malaise

Myalgias

Arthralgias

Abdominal pain

Mucositis

Lymphadenopathy

Nikolsky sign present (swelling andwrinkling with detachment of upperlayers of the skin) Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions(SCARs): Steven-Johnson syndrome,toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, DRESS/DIHS