List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 124

Hydroxyurea dermopathy is caused by chronic use of hydroxyurea for chronic myelogenous leukemia thrombocytosis or psoriasis and presents with skin lesions characteristic of dermatomyositis.

Iododermas are caused by iodides with the most common sources of exposure being oral and intravenous contrast materials used to treat thyroid disease. The most common type of eruption is […]

There are several forms of Epstein–Barr virus infection. Infectious mononucleosis nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Burkitt’s lymphoma can all be caused by the Epstein–Barr virus.

Adverse reactions to biologic agents such as imatinib occur in more than 80% of patients and can be characterized by edema and pruritus without dermatitis.

Scleroderma-like reaction to taxanes may occur in patients treated with docetaxel or paclitaxel characterized by an acute diffuse infiltrated edema of the extremities and head.

Exudative hyponychial dermatitis is a nail toxicity common during chemotherapy for breast cancer especially if docetaxel is the chemotherapeutic regimen.

Chemotherapy-induced hyperpigmentation is caused by many chemotherapeutic agents (especially the antibiotics bleomycin and daunorubicin) and the alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide and busulfan).

HIV disease-related drug reactions present in HIV-infected patients especially those with helper T-cell counts between 25 and 200 immunosuppression that increases the risk for the development of adverse reactions to […]

Urticarial erythema multiforme is an unusual reaction virtually always associated with antibiotic ingestions characterized by skin lesions that consist of urticarial papules and plaques some of which clear centrally forming […]

Bullous drug reaction (also known as a Bullous drug eruption Generalized bullous fixed drug eruption and Multilocular bullous fixed drug eruption) most commonly refers to a drug reaction in the […]