Pruritic papules after induction chemotherapy with daunorubicin and cytarabine

Dermatol Online J. 2022 Jun 15;28(3). doi: 10.5070/D328357789.

Abstract

We present a 65-year-old woman who developed a diffuse pruritic papular eruption after receiving induction chemotherapy with daunorubicin and cytarabine for newly diagnosed acute myelomonocytic leukemia. The rash improved clinically with triamcinolone treatment and chemotherapy was allowed to continue. This case adds to the growing literature of transient acantholytic dermatosis development in the setting of anti-cancer therapy and emphasizes the importance of clinicopathologic correlation in cutaneous eruptions in cancer patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Child
  • Cytarabine
  • Daunorubicin / adverse effects
  • Exanthema*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Induction Chemotherapy / adverse effects
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute* / drug therapy
  • Pruritus / drug therapy
  • Triamcinolone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Cytarabine
  • Daunorubicin
  • Triamcinolone