Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor

Stergios Boussios; Michele Moschetta; Jennifer McLachlan; Susana Banerjee

doi:10.1155/2015/574708

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine (Jan 2015)

Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor

Stergios Boussios,
Michele Moschetta,
Jennifer McLachlan,
Susana Banerjee

Affiliations

Stergios Boussios: Gynaecology Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sycamore House, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
Michele Moschetta: Gynaecology Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sycamore House, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
Jennifer McLachlan: Gynaecology Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sycamore House, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
Susana Banerjee: Gynaecology Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sycamore House, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/574708
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Flagellate linear hyperpigmentation can rarely be caused by the chemotherapy agent, bleomycin. Herein, we describe the case of a 20-year-old woman treated with bleomycin for an ovarian yolk sac tumor and review the prominent features of this form of dermatitis.

Published in Case Reports in Oncological Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6706 (Print); 2090-6714 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7583

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