EARLY CUTANEOUS LESIONS SECONDARY TO HYDROXYUREA THERAPY

Authors
RADAELLI F CALORI R FACCINI P MAIOLO AT
Citation
F. Radaelli et al., EARLY CUTANEOUS LESIONS SECONDARY TO HYDROXYUREA THERAPY, American journal of hematology, 58(1), 1998, pp. 82-83
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
American journal of hematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03618609
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
82 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-8609(1998)58:1<82:ECLSTH>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Hydroxyurea is a usually well-tolerated cytostatic agent, but its side effects include cutaneous lesions that appear after several years of maintenance therapy with hydroxyurea. The reported incidence of such a dverse reactions varies from 10 to 35%; in our Center it is 2%, We des cribe a patient with essential thromhocythemia who presented with ulce rs of the hands only 15 days after hydroxyurea treatment. (C) 1998 Wil ey-liss, Inc.