Bleomycin-induced flagellate hyperpigmentation: Clinical Image
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Bleomycin‐induced flagellate hyperpigmentation
A 27-year old male with Hodgkin's lymphoma was treated with combined chemotherapy that included bleomycin. He presented with pruritic erythematous, edematous linear lesions and was diagnosed to have flagellate hyperpigmentation, a rare side effect of bleomycin chemotherapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0971-9903
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9903.126263