Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor

Flagellate linear hyperpigmentation can rarely be caused by the chemotherapy agent, bleomycin. Herein, we describe the case of a 20-year-old woman treated with bleomycin for an ovarian yolk sac tumor and review the prominent features of this form of dermatitis.

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Autores principales: Boussios, Stergios, Moschetta, Michele, McLachlan, Jennifer, Banerjee, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/574708
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author Boussios, Stergios
Moschetta, Michele
McLachlan, Jennifer
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spelling pubmed-46989432016-01-21 Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor Boussios, Stergios Moschetta, Michele McLachlan, Jennifer Banerjee, Susana Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Flagellate linear hyperpigmentation can rarely be caused by the chemotherapy agent, bleomycin. Herein, we describe the case of a 20-year-old woman treated with bleomycin for an ovarian yolk sac tumor and review the prominent features of this form of dermatitis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4698943/ /pubmed/26798532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/574708 Text en Copyright © 2015 Stergios Boussios et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Boussios, Stergios
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McLachlan, Jennifer
Banerjee, Susana
Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor
title Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor
title_full Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor
title_fullStr Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor
title_full_unstemmed Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor
title_short Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor
title_sort bleomycin-induced flagellate erythema in a patient diagnosed with ovarian yolk sac tumor
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/574708
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