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Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
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Year: 2017   |   Volume: 6   |   Issue: 6   |   Page: 261-263     View issue

Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis in a patient of acute myeloid leukemia on chemotherapy with cytarabine


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Abstract

Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) is a dermatosis affecting the eccrine glands in particular characterized by acute, self-limited, inflammatory papules and plaques and has been commonly described in patients with cancer – particularly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – who are on chemotherapy. We present the case of a febrile neutropenic patient receiving chemotherapy for AML and presented with well-defined erythematous macules and papule suggestive of NEH. This report emphasizes the necessity of a prompt diagnosis in order to prevent the use of multiple antibiotics and inadvertent use of other drugs as it is a self-limiting condition.

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Ghuge P, Karia R, Malkani R. Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis in a patient of acute myeloid leukemia on chemotherapy with cytarabine. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2017;6(6):261-3. https://doi.org/10.4103/ccij.ccij_59_17
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Ghuge, P., Karia, R., & Malkani, R. (2017). Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis in a patient of acute myeloid leukemia on chemotherapy with cytarabine. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 6(6), 261-263. https://doi.org/10.4103/ccij.ccij_59_17

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