[Symptomatic scleroderma caused by bleomycin]. 1983

K Bork, and G W Korting

Side effects of bleomycin therapy are most frequent in the skin and as pulmonary fibrosis because of the nearly selective concentration in these organs. The cutaneous manifestations include a variety of clinical symptoms, most frequently erythema and infiltrations with marked hyperpigmentation. A 38-year-old patient is reported who received 615 mg bleomycin for therapy of a malignant testicular teratoma and in the following time developed numerous morphoea-like lesions, acrocyanosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, acrosclerosis, and cutaneous calcinosis. Histologically, the alterations were similar to those of scleroderma. In contrast to progressive systemic sclerosis the symptomatic character of the lesions is evident, for the skin changes resolved several months after the drug was discontinued.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D001761 Bleomycin A complex of related glycopeptide antibiotics from Streptomyces verticillus consisting of bleomycin A2 and B2. It inhibits DNA metabolism and is used as an antineoplastic, especially for solid tumors. BLEO-cell,Blanoxan,Blenoxane,Bleolem,Bleomicina,Bleomycin A(2),Bleomycin A2,Bleomycin B(2),Bleomycin B2,Bleomycin Sulfate,Bleomycins,Bleomycinum Mack,Bléomycine Bellon,BLEO cell,BLEOcell,Bellon, Bléomycine,Mack, Bleomycinum,Sulfate, Bleomycin
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012594 Scleroderma, Localized A term used to describe a variety of localized asymmetrical SKIN thickening that is similar to those of SYSTEMIC SCLERODERMA but without the disease features in the multiple internal organs and BLOOD VESSELS. Lesions may be characterized as patches or plaques (morphea), bands (linear), or nodules. Dermatosclerosis,Morphea,Scleroderma, Circumscribed,Frontal Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre,Linear Scleroderma,Scleroderma, Linear,Circumscribed Scleroderma,Localized Scleroderma,Morpheas,Sclerodermas, Localized

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