Bleomycin-induced flagellate dermatitis

A 29-year-old woman with stage IVB Hodgkin's lymphoma was treated with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine. Two weeks after the first cycle was completed, she developed pruritic, linear erythematous lesions in a flagellate-like pattern on the trunk, neck and arms. After oral pr...

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Autores: Mota, Guilherme Devidé, Penna, Adriana Marques Damasco, Soares, Regina Cláudia, Baiocchi, Otavio Carvalho Guimarães [UNIFESP]
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/8479
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.03.001
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/8479
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Bleomycin
Drug eruptions
Erythema
Descrição
Resumo:A 29-year-old woman with stage IVB Hodgkin's lymphoma was treated with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine. Two weeks after the first cycle was completed, she developed pruritic, linear erythematous lesions in a flagellate-like pattern on the trunk, neck and arms. After oral prednisone therapy and cessation of bleomycin, the lesions started to recede.