Acral and palmo-plantar hyperpigmentation in a patient with disseminated hepatocellular carcinoma.

Goyal, Rohit; Chalamalasetty, Sreenivasa Baba; Madan, Kaushal; Paul, Shashi Bala; Arora, Raman; Safaya, Rajni; Acharya, Subrat K

Acral and palmo-plantar hyperpigmentation in a patient with disseminated hepatocellular carcinoma.

Date

2007-11-24

Authors

Goyal, Rohit

Chalamalasetty, Sreenivasa Baba

Abstract

Capecitabine (5-fluorouracil prodrug) is being evaluated for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma, and is associated with a peculiar skin reaction called hand and foot syndrome (HFS). We describe one patient with HCC and drug-induced HFS.

Citation

Goyal R, Chalamalasetty SB, Madan K, Paul SB, Arora R, Safaya R, Acharya SK. Acral and palmo-plantar hyperpigmentation in a patient with disseminated hepatocellular carcinoma. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2007 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 292-3