Dermatological adverse reactions to cancer chemotherapy.

The new targeted anticancer drugs as well as the older traditional chemotherapy agents are associated with adverse effects on skin, hair, nails and mucosa. These toxic effects can cause great distress to the patient leading to decreased quality of life and interruption in treatment. Aims: To study the mucocutaneous adverse effects of both single and combined chemotherapy regimens in cancer patients. Materials and Methods: We studied 53 cancer patients attending the oncology outpatient department or those admitted in the oncology ward of Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore between October 2012 and September 2013. The adverse effects of chemotherapy on skin, hair, nails and mucosa were noted. Results: The most common adverse effects observed in the study were nail changes in 33 (62.2%) patients, followed by hair changes in 20 (37.7%) patients, skin changes in 19 (33.9%) patients, and mucosal changes in 2 (3.7%) patients. The skin changes were acneiform rash in 5 (27.7%) patients, xerosis in 4 (22.2%) patients, hyperpigmentation in 4 (22.2%) patients, and toxic epidermal necrolysis, hand foot syndrome, extravasation, erythema nodosum, and supravenous hyperpigmentation in 1 patient each. The most common nail fi nding was melanonychia seen in 26 (78.7%) patients. Hair changes were in the form of anagen effl uvium seen in 20 (37.7%) patients. Mucosal changes seen were pigmentation of tongue and stomatitis in one case each. Limitations: Sample size is small. Conclusions: While these side effects are generally not life-threatening, they can be a source of signifi cant morbidity. Knowledge about the adverse effects of anti-cancer drugs will help in accurate diagnosis and management, thereby improving the quality of life.

Reaçöes cutâneas a drogas / Cutaneous drug reactions

Neste trabalho, realizado no Departamento de Dermatologia da Escola Paulista de Medicina, foram estudados 23 doentes com reaçöes cutâneas a drogas, no período de maio a outubro de 1990. Foram avaliadas as correlaçöes quanto ao sexo, faixa etária e as drogas mais freqüentemente envolvidas

Atrofia cutánea secundaria debido a inyección intramuscular de corticoide / Secondary cutaneous atrophy due to intramuscular injection of corticoids

Se establecen conceptos acerca de los efectos beneficiosos de los corticoides, tanto desde el punto de vista local como sistémico. Se presenta el caso de un paciente del sexo femenino de 25 años de edad con antecedentes de asma desde hace alrededor de 8 años, por lo que en varias ocasiones utilizó como tratamiento inyección intramuscular de Kanelog-40; con posterioridad a la administración del mismo notó alteraciones en la piel de la región glútea, y asiste al Servicio de Dermatología de nuestro hospital, donde se decide realizar biopsia de piel con la impresión diagnóstica de atrofia residual medicamentosa, lo cual fue corroborado con dicho estudio