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SKIN SIDE - EFFECTS OF HYDROXYUREA THERAPY
INGA MANDAC ROGULJ
; Merkur University Hospital, Department of Hematology, Zagreb, Croatia
MARKO MARTINOVIĆ
; Merkur University Hospital, Department of Hematology, Zagreb, Croatia
SLOBODANKA OSTOJIĆ KOLONIĆ
; Merkur University Hospital, Department of Hematology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
DELFA RADIĆ KRIŠTO
; Merkur University Hospital, Department of Hematology, Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
ANA PLANINC PERAICA
; Merkur University Hospital, Department of Hematology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Hematology patients can have wounds as part of the initial presentation of the disease, as a result of infection, side effects of therapy, or disease progression with skin iniltration. hydroxyurea is an oral cytotoxic drug with known cutaneous side effects that can appear years after treatment initiation. here we present a case of a female patient who developed crural ulcerations during hydroxyurea treatment. It is very important to recognize the wound related to hydroxyurea treatment because drug discontinuation is usually curative.
Keywords
cutaneous side effects; hydroxyurea; hematology patient
Hrčak ID:
148111
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Publication date:
8.11.2015.
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