Paclitaxel-associated reticulate hyperpigmentation: Report and review of chemotherapy-induced reticulate hyperpigmentation

Paclitaxel-associated reticulate hyperpigmentation: Report and review of chemotherapy-induced reticulate hyperpigmentation

Drug-induced reticulate hyperpigmentation is uncommon. Including the patient described in this report, chemotherapy-associated reticulate hyperpigmentation has only been described in ten individuals. This paper describes the features of a woman with recurrent and metastatic breast cancer who developed paclitaxel-induced reticulate hyperpigmentation and reviews the characteristics of other oncol...

CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS Reticulate Hyperpigmentation and Medullary Aplasia

When the patient was 28 years old, he developed reticulate hyperpigmentation of the neck and upper trunk, with palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and hyperhidrosis and nail dystrophy (Fig. 1). His son (aged 8 years at the time) also began to experience similar pigmentary changes and nail dystrophy. At the time of the current referral (the patient is now 47 years old), the reticulate pigmentation had s...

Reticulate hyperpigmentation in systemic sclerosis: a case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION Systemic sclerosis is a systemic connective tissue disease with variable cutaneous presentations. Although pigmentary disturbances have been described in systemic sclerosis, a reticulate hyperpigmentation has only been reported in one case of systemic sclerosis to date. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a previously healthy 51-year-old Thai woman who presented with a reticulate hyper...

CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS Reticulate Hyperpigmentation and Medullary Aplasia

When the patient was 28 years old, he developed reticulate hyperpigmentation of the neck and upper trunk, with palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and hyperhidrosis and nail dystrophy (Fig. 1). His son (aged 8 years at the time) also began to experience similar pigmentary changes and nail dystrophy. At the time of the current referral (the patient is now 47 years old), the reticulate pigmentation had s...

Chemotherapy-associated supravenous hyperpigmentation.