Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine
Hand-foot syndrome, is a side effect of cytotoxic chemotherapy, causes erythema, dysthesias, swelling of palms and soles and sometimes blisters. Rarely, it may ulcerate. The most commonly used drug that frequently causes this reaction is 5-fluorouracil or its prodrug oral capecitabine. High dose cyt...
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| description | Hand-foot syndrome, is a side effect of cytotoxic chemotherapy, causes erythema, dysthesias, swelling of palms and soles and sometimes blisters. Rarely, it may ulcerate. The most commonly used drug that frequently causes this reaction is 5-fluorouracil or its prodrug oral capecitabine. High dose cytarabine is known to cause HFS. Here we report a case of HFS caused by standard dose cytarabine. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1007f96a49ba4a83b5859cb7abf13be02025-08-20T03:16:43ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58512013-01-0134433333310.4103/0971-5851.125263Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabineAtul SharmaSaphalta BaghmarHand-foot syndrome, is a side effect of cytotoxic chemotherapy, causes erythema, dysthesias, swelling of palms and soles and sometimes blisters. Rarely, it may ulcerate. The most commonly used drug that frequently causes this reaction is 5-fluorouracil or its prodrug oral capecitabine. High dose cytarabine is known to cause HFS. Here we report a case of HFS caused by standard dose cytarabine.http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2013;volume=34;issue=4;spage=333;epage=333;aulast=SharmaCytarabinehand-foot syndromepalmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia |
| spellingShingle | Atul Sharma Saphalta Baghmar Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Cytarabine hand-foot syndrome palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia |
| title | Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine |
| title_full | Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine |
| title_fullStr | Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine |
| title_short | Hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine |
| title_sort | hand foot syndrome associated with standard dose cytarabine |
| topic | Cytarabine hand-foot syndrome palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia |
| url | http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2013;volume=34;issue=4;spage=333;epage=333;aulast=Sharma |
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