Palmar fasciitis and arthritis in a patient with an extraovarian adenocarcinoma of the coelomic epithelium.
A 54 year old woman presented with an intra-abdominal adenocarcinoma of primary coelomic origin and a syndrome of palmar fasciitis and arthritis, which was exacerbated during treatment by combination chemotherapy with intravenous carboplatin 300 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2, while the tumour responded well.
Willemse
P H
PH
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Mulder
N H
NH
van de Tempel
H J
HJ
Aalders
J G
JG
Sleijfer
D T
DT
D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D016190:Carboplatin