Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors - Induced Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Diogo Alpuim Costa; Susana Baptista de Almeida; Pedro Coelho Barata; António Quintela; Pedro Cabral; Ana Afonso; João Maia Silva

doi:10.29315/gm.v5i1.147

Gazeta Médica (May 2018)

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors - Induced Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Diogo Alpuim Costa,
Susana Baptista de Almeida,
Pedro Coelho Barata,
António Quintela,
Pedro Cabral,
Ana Afonso,
João Maia Silva

Affiliations

Diogo Alpuim Costa: Haematology and Oncology Department, Instituto CUF de Oncologia (ICO), Lisboa, Portugal.
Susana Baptista de Almeida: Oncology Department, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal.
Pedro Coelho Barata: Experimental Therapeutics Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA.
António Quintela: Haematology and Oncology Department, Instituto CUF de Oncologia (ICO), Lisboa, Portugal.
Pedro Cabral: Radiology Department, Instituto CUF de Oncologia (ICO), Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Afonso: Pathology Department, Instituto CUF de Oncologia (ICO), Lisboa, Portugal.
João Maia Silva: Dermatology Department, Instituto CUF de Oncologia (ICO), Lisboa, Portugal.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29315/gm.v5i1.147
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1

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A 66-year-old patient with metastatic renal clear cell carcinoma, developed palpable purpura during systemic treatment with different tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI).

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ISSN: 2183-8135 (Print); 2184-0628 (Online)
Publisher: José de Mello Saúde
Country of publisher: Portugal
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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