Beau´s lines due to cytostatic drugs in a patient with breast cancer

Female patient, 47 years old who was hospitalized due to urinary tract infection, during her hospitalization bullous lesions appeared on her left limb and interconsultation to the Dermatology Department was made. The patient has been treated by breast cancer with docetaxel, doxorubicin and cyclophos...

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Main Authors: Patricia Chang, Monica Vanesa Vásquez Acajabón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Our Dermatology Online 2014-04-01
Series:Nasza Dermatologia Online
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Online Access:http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2014-2-24-beau/
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Summary:Female patient, 47 years old who was hospitalized due to urinary tract infection, during her hospitalization bullous lesions appeared on her left limb and interconsultation to the Dermatology Department was made. The patient has been treated by breast cancer with docetaxel, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide; she had received 5 cycles of chemotherapy Clinical examination showed vesicles on an erythematous base of the left arm following a linear pattern and the diagnosis of herpes zoster was done.
ISSN:2081-9390