Cutaneous malignant melanomas occurring under cyclosporin A therapy: a report of two cases.
Two patients are reported with cutaneous malignant melanoma who had been on treatment with cyclosporin A. The first case was a 44-year-old man with systemic sclerosis and the second a 52-year-old woman who had a renal transplant. In both cases cyclosporin A was administered with a low dose of prednisone.
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Department of Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Miescher
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Balsiger
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Magnenat
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Frenk
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D000328:Adult; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000188:drug therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*
D003524:Cyclosporins; D011241:Prednisone