Bleomycin-induced skin toxicity: is it always flagellate erythema?
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Bleomycin-induced flagellate erythema.
of bleomycin or its derivative peplomycin, occurs in 8-20% patients during systemic or local therapy (1). It characterised by a linear erythematous streak with hyperpigmentation (2, 3), and was first described by Moulin in 1970 (4). Herein, we present a typical case of flagellate erythema induced by Bleomycin. A 32 year-old Taiwanese male with mixed germ cell tumour of the anterior mediastinum ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204575