Cancer Chemotherapy and Acral Erythema
Authors: CATHERINE CORDONNIER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1982)

Letters and Corrections1 November 1982Cancer Chemotherapy and Acral ErythemaCATHERINE CORDONNIER, M.D., JEAN CLAUDE ROUJEAU, M.D., JEAN PAUL VERNANT, M.D., SOPHIE MATHERON, M.D., GERARD GANEM, M.D.CATHERINE CORDONNIER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JEAN CLAUDE ROUJEAU, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JEAN PAUL VERNANT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SOPHIE MATHERON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GERARD GANEM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-5-783 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: We read with interest the recent report of Burgdorf and associates (1) about acral erythema after chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia. We recently have seen two cases of similar acral erythema occurring after induction treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia.Two women received the same chemotherapy: cytarabine, 100 mg/m2body surface area · d from day 1 to 10 in continuous infusion; doxorubicin, 35 mg/m2body surface area · d on days 1-3; and chloroethyl cyclohexyl nitrous urea, 70 mg/m2body surface area · d on day 1.Both women received leukocyte transfusions from day 5 until their peripheral...References1. BURGDORFGILMOREGANICK WWR. Peculiar acral erythema secondary to high-dose chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia. Ann Intern Med. 1982;97:61-2. LinkGoogle Scholar2. FAUCIHAYNESKATZ ABP. The spectrum of vasculitis: clinical, pathologic, immunologic and therapeutic considerations. Ann Intern Med. 1978;89:660-76. LinkGoogle Scholar3. MULLICKMCALLISTERWAGNERFERROGLIO FHBJ. Drug related vasculitis: clinicopathologic correlations in 30 patients. Hum Pathol. 1979;10:313-25. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. REINHERZPARKMANRAPPEPORTROSENSCHLOSSMAN ERJFS. Aberrations of suppressor T cells in human graft-versus host disease. N Engl J Med. 1979;300:1061-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. BURGDORFGILMOREGANICK WWR. Peculiar acral erythema secondary to high-dose chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia. Ann Intern Med. 1982;97:61-2. LinkGoogle Scholar2. WEISSWALKERWIERNIK HMP. Neurotoxicity of commonly used antineoplastic agents (second part). N Engl J Med. 1974;291:127-33. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. VOGELZANGBOSLJOHNSONKENNEDY NGKB. Raynaud's phenomenon: a common toxicity after combination chemotherapy for testicular cancer. Ann Intern Med. 1981;95:288-92. LinkGoogle Scholar4. MANDELLEWINSKIDJALDETTI EVM. Vincristine-induced myocardial infarction. Cancer. 1975;36:1979-82. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Hôpital Henri Mondor Creteil France PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByDrug eruptions associated with tumor therapy: Great imitatorsCutaneous toxicity of oral low-dose methotrexateBullous acral erythema: an additional consideration in the differential diagnosis of pauci-inflammatory subepidermal bullae*Toxic erythema of chemotherapy: A useful clinical termIntravenous Immunoglobulin in the Treatment of Severe Methotrexate-induced Acral ErythemaAcral Erythema with Oral Methotrexate in a ChildThree Case Reports of Hand-Foot Syndrome with GefitinibMethotrexate-induced bullous acral erythema in a childPalmar-plantar erythrodysesthesiaCutaneous and Systemic Manifestations of Drug-Induced VasculitisAntineoplastic Therapy???Induced Palmar Plantar Erythrodysesthesia (???Hand-Foot???) SyndromeAcral Erythema in Children Receiving High-Dose MethotrexateCytosine Arabinoside-Induced VasculitisThree Cases of Chemotherapy-induced Acral ErythemaChemotherapy-induced acral erythemaHypersensitivity reactions from antineoplastic agentsCancer Chemotherapy and Acral ErythemaHENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, M.D., NICHOLAS ROBERT, M.D.Correction: "Leukocytoblastic" for "Leukocytoclastic;" "Farmington" for "Hartford"HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, M.D. 1 November 1982Volume 97, Issue 5Page: 783-783KeywordsAcute myeloid leukemiaBody surface areaCancer chemotherapyChemotherapyErythemaUrea Issue Published: 1 November 1982 PDF DownloadLoading ...