LICHENOID DRUG ERUPTION ASSOCIATED WITH IMATINIB MESYLATE: TWO CASES
Ilhami Kiki 1 * , Mustafa Atasoy 2, Nesrin Gursan 3, Mehmet Gundogdu 1, Fuat Erdem 1, Sevki Ozdemir 2
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1 Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey2 Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Dermatology, Erzurum, Turkey3 Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Pathology, Erzurum, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Imatinib mesylate (STI571) is a new therapeutic agent which inhibits the tyrosine kinase of the BCR-ABL, c-kit and platelet derived growth factor oncogenes. It is used for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Although, cutaneous side effects of this drug is common, lichenoid eruption is exceptional. We report two cases of disseminated lichenoid cutaneous reaction, which developed in two patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia treated with imatinib mesylate.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2007, 50-53

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82431

Publication date: 15 Jan 2007

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