Transverse leukonychia (Mees' lines) due to daunorubicin chemotherapy.
Transverse bands of leukonychia are reported in a 7-year-old boy following a 10-day course of daunorubicin given for the treatment of lymphoblastic leukemia. A variety of other chemotherapies did not induce any nail changes in this patient.
Shelley
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Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008, USA.
Humphrey
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D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D003630:Daunorubicin