Successful treatment of severe iatrogenic calcinosis cutis with intravenous sodium thiosulfate in a child affected by T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Raffaella, Colombatti ^a,b   Annapaola, Calò ^b   Tullio, Iacopetti ^c   Angelo, Rosolen ^b   Giuseppe, Lombardi ^d   Simone, Cesaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Clinic of Pediatric Oncology Hematology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMIKACIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; ONDANSETRON; PREDNISONE; RASBURICASE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; TEICOPLANIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADD ON THERAPY; ANKYLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLAST CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EXTRAVASATION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FEVER; FIBROSIS; FOOT; FOREARM; HAND; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUBATION; LEG; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN CALCIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SKIN DISEASES; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 67650470369     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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