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- Title
Porokeratosis in patients with polycythemia rubra vera: a new side effect of hydroxyurea?
- Authors
Kanitakis, J.; Arbona-Vidal, E.; Faure, M.
- Abstract
The article presents information on the side effect of hydroxyurea in the patients with polycythemia rubra vera. It discusses the association ofporokeratoses with polycythemia rubra vera in the patients treated with hydroxyurea which include the development of several non melanoma skin cancers. The case of a 75-year-old Caucasian man who developed large annular plaques of the lower legs after treated with hydroxyurea is also discussed.
- Subjects
DRUG side effects; HYDROXYUREA; POLYCYTHEMIA vera; SKIN cancer; PRECANCEROUS conditions; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2012, Vol 26, Issue 8, p1040
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04202.x