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Painful red hands: a side‐effect of leukaemia therapy
Author(s) -
SHALL L.,
LUCAS G.S.,
WHITTAKER J. A.,
HOLT P. J. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1988.tb03208.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , limiting , surgery , cytosine , side effect (computer science) , dermatology , chemistry , mechanical engineering , dna , computer science , engineering , programming language , biochemistry
SUMMARY Five cases of painful red hands', following chemotherapy for leukaemia, are reported. All the patients were women who had received treatment with cytosine arabinoside, 6‐thioguanine and adriamycin. Several days after courses of chemotherapy, painful crythematous swelling of the palms and soles developed. In all cases the reaction was self‐limiting and did not adversely affect their prognosis. Physicians should be aware of this reaction in order to reassure their patients. No treatment is required and the chemotherapy need not be stopped or altered.