Trastuzumab-Associated Flagellate Erythema: Report in a Woman with Metastatic Breast Cancer and Review of Antineoplastic Therapy-Induced Flagellate Dermatoses
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Trastuzumab-Associated Flagellate Erythema: Report in a Woman with Metastatic Breast Cancer and Review of Antineoplastic Therapy-Induced Flagellate Dermatoses
INTRODUCTION Flagellate erythema presents as erythematous, individual and intermingled, linear streaks in a whiplash-like pattern. Several conditions, including antineoplastic agents, have been associated with flagellate erythema. A woman with metastatic breast cancer who developed flagellate erythema after receiving trastuzumab is described and the features of flagellate erythema associated wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology and Therapy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2193-8210,2190-9172
DOI: 10.1007/s13555-015-0085-2