Open AccessBleomycin‐induced flagellate hyperpigmentation
Author(s) -
Larson Krista N.,
Gag Amy L.,
Wilson Barbara B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.831
Subject(s) - bleomycin , medicine , flagellate , hyperpigmentation , dermatology , chemotherapy , lymphoma , pathology , surgery , botany , biology
Key Clinical Message A 27‐year old male with Hodgkin's lymphoma was treated with combined chemotherapy that included bleomycin. He presented with pruritic erythematous, edematous linear lesions and was diagnosed to have flagellate hyperpigmentation, a rare side effect of bleomycin chemotherapy.
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