Granulomas induced by subcutaneous injection of leuprorelin acetate

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-45

  Sakamoto, Ryoko ^a   Higashi, Yuko ^a   Mera, Kentaro ^a   Kanekura, Takuro ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Leuprorelin acetate; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

LEUPRORELIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE SECTION;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645225758     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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