Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature

Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature

Chemotherapy affect skin and its appendages. Nail changes due to chemotherapeutic agents are common asymptomatic and usually resolve after discontinuation of therapy. There are various chemotherapeutic agents implicated for the changes like vincristine, hydroxyurea, etoposide, daunorubicin, bleomyci...

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Main Author: Deeptara Pathak Thapa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Our Dermatology Online 2019-01-01
Series:Nasza Dermatologia Online
Subjects:
beu’s line
etoposide
Online Access:http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2019-1-21-chemotherapy/
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spelling doaj-11819d7d58b942d0aedfb3ce6355c4af2020-11-25T02:57:21ZengOur Dermatology OnlineNasza Dermatologia Online2081-93902019-01-01101777810.7241/ourd.20191.21Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literatureDeeptara Pathak Thapa 0Nepal medical college and Teaching hospital, Kathmandu, NepalChemotherapy affect skin and its appendages. Nail changes due to chemotherapeutic agents are common asymptomatic and usually resolve after discontinuation of therapy. There are various chemotherapeutic agents implicated for the changes like vincristine, hydroxyurea, etoposide, daunorubicin, bleomycin, cyclophosphamide etc. We report a case undergoing chemotherapy with etoposide and cyclophosphamide who had beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously. Clinical acumen including history taking, knowledge about chemotherapy induced nail changes, counselling of the patient are prerequisite to diagnose such cases deferring unnecessary diagnostic workup and treatment.http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2019-1-21-chemotherapy/beu’s lineetoposide
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author Deeptara Pathak Thapa
spellingShingle Deeptara Pathak Thapa
Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
Nasza Dermatologia Online
beu’s line
etoposide
author_facet Deeptara Pathak Thapa
author_sort Deeptara Pathak Thapa
title Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
title_short Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
title_full Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Chemotherapy induced Beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
title_sort chemotherapy induced beau’s and mee’s line simultaneously: a case report and review of literature
publisher Our Dermatology Online
series Nasza Dermatologia Online
issn 2081-9390
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Chemotherapy affect skin and its appendages. Nail changes due to chemotherapeutic agents are common asymptomatic and usually resolve after discontinuation of therapy. There are various chemotherapeutic agents implicated for the changes like vincristine, hydroxyurea, etoposide, daunorubicin, bleomycin, cyclophosphamide etc. We report a case undergoing chemotherapy with etoposide and cyclophosphamide who had beau’s and Mee’s line simultaneously. Clinical acumen including history taking, knowledge about chemotherapy induced nail changes, counselling of the patient are prerequisite to diagnose such cases deferring unnecessary diagnostic workup and treatment.
topic beu’s line
etoposide
url http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2019-1-21-chemotherapy/
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