Necrosis of Pedunculated Lipofibroma by Nab-Paclitaxel

We present a rare phenomenon of a soft tumor hanging on the woman’s left upper arm that underwent necrosis from the distal aspect during chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. The benign tumor, pedunculated lipofibroma, originally had normal color for 10 years and then became necrotic when she was trea...

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Main Authors: Hiraku Kokubu, Takeshi Nakanishi, Takeshi Kato, Noriki Fujimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2023-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/530640
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Summary:We present a rare phenomenon of a soft tumor hanging on the woman’s left upper arm that underwent necrosis from the distal aspect during chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. The benign tumor, pedunculated lipofibroma, originally had normal color for 10 years and then became necrotic when she was treated with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel. Necrosis stopped in conjunction with chemotherapy cessation. Dermatologists must remember that nab-paclitaxel could develop necrosis of a skin tumor.
ISSN:1662-6575