scholarly journals Chemotherapy induced pseudo-cirrhosis in a breast cancer patient with liver metastasis: A case report and review of the literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziv Lahav ◽  
Mohamed Mwaswes ◽  
Bashar Fteiha ◽  
Ilia Davarashvili ◽  
Saleh Daher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Liver Metastasis ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Breast Cancer Patient ◽  
Review Of The Literature

scholarly journals Acute Felon as a Complication of Systemic Paclitaxel Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Hand ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Hijjawi ◽  
David G. Dennison
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Breast Cancer Patient ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Nail Dystrophy ◽  
American Women ◽  
History Of

Breast cancer now affects 1 in 8 American women and the taxane agent paclitaxel (Taxol® Bristol-Myers Squibb) is a major tool in the treatment of many such patients. Hand surgeons are therefore likely to encounter upper extremity complications related to the use of taxane therapy. We present an unusual case of a felon developing in a breast cancer patient on paclitaxel therapy with no antecedent history of trauma. Whereas onycholysis and subungual hemorrhage are reported complications of taxane therapy ( Fig. 1 ), an acute felon with or without associated paronychia is an unusual and more aggressive manifestation of this drug-related nail dystrophy.

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