A case of bleomycin-induced acral erythema (AE) with eccrine squamous syringometaplasia (ESS) and summary of reports of AE with ESS in the literature

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 921-925

  Tsuboi, Hiromi ^a   Yonemoto, Kohzoh ^a   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acral erythema; Bleomycin; Chemotherapy induced acral erythema; Eccrine squamous syringometaplasia; Palmoplantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE; THIOTEPA;

ACRAL ERYTHEMA; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECCRINE SQUAMOUS SYRINGOMETAPLASIA; ERYTHEMA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METAPLASIA; OVARY CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 29344468415     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00873.x     Document Type: Article

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