Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Olaparib is recently approved as an anti-tumor agent for several cancers, including castration-resistant prostate cancer, which inhibits poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase, a DNA repair factor. Since olaparib is a newly approved drug, there are few reports of skin disorders that may be t...

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Main Authors: Mana Sekine, Hitoshi Terui, Taku Fujimura, Yoshihide Asano
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Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2023-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/530981
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Hitoshi Terui
Taku Fujimura
Yoshihide Asano
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description Olaparib is recently approved as an anti-tumor agent for several cancers, including castration-resistant prostate cancer, which inhibits poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase, a DNA repair factor. Since olaparib is a newly approved drug, there are few reports of skin disorders that may be triggered by olaparib administration. In this report, we present a case with an olaparib-induced drug eruption presenting multiple purpuras on the patient’s fingers and fingertips. The present case suggests that olaparib might induce purpura as nonallergic drug eruption.
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spelling doaj.art-baea235b61f747a0823473110f7e1d872023-06-29T14:41:53ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Oncology1662-65752023-06-0116141942110.1159/000530981530981Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate CancerMana Sekine0Hitoshi Terui1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7598-2833Taku Fujimura2Yoshihide Asano3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5560-9778Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JapanOlaparib is recently approved as an anti-tumor agent for several cancers, including castration-resistant prostate cancer, which inhibits poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase, a DNA repair factor. Since olaparib is a newly approved drug, there are few reports of skin disorders that may be triggered by olaparib administration. In this report, we present a case with an olaparib-induced drug eruption presenting multiple purpuras on the patient’s fingers and fingertips. The present case suggests that olaparib might induce purpura as nonallergic drug eruption.https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/530981olaparibpurpuradrug eruptiondrug reactioncastration-resistant prostate cancer
spellingShingle Mana Sekine
Hitoshi Terui
Taku Fujimura
Yoshihide Asano
Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Case Reports in Oncology
olaparib
purpura
drug eruption
drug reaction
castration-resistant prostate cancer
title Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_full Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_fullStr Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_short Olaparib-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption in a Patient with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_sort olaparib induced purpuric drug eruption in a patient with castration resistant prostate cancer
topic olaparib
purpura
drug eruption
drug reaction
castration-resistant prostate cancer
url https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/530981
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