Unilateral Pemetrexed-induced Pseudocellulitis Mimicking Bacterial Cellulitis
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Pemetrexed-induced eccrine squamous syringometaplasia manifesting as pseudocellulitis (in a patient with non–small cell lung cancer)
CAR: cutaneous adverse reaction INTRODUCTION Pemetrexed (Alimta, Eli Lily and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana) is a multitargeted antifolate drug approved as a single agent or in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of some malignancies including advanced and metastatic nonsquamous nonesmall cell lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma. Pemetrexed-related cutaneous adverse reactio...
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عنوان ژورنال: SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2574-1624
DOI: 10.25251/skin.2.6.10