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DOXORUBICIN AND HYPERPIGMENTATION
Author(s) -
ALAGARATNAM T. T.,
CHOI T. K.,
ONG G. B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb06046.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperpigmentation , doxorubicin , dermatology , skin hyperpigmentation , chemotherapy
Sixty‐four patients with advanced malignant disease underwent treatment with Doxorubicin alone or in combination with other drugs. Twenty‐one percent developed hyperpigmentation. Four patients were noted to have total body pigmentation, a side effect which has not been recorded before.