title: [Multiple post-chemotherapy plantar nevi].
abstract: The induction of multiple melanocytic nevi in children after chemotherapy has been documented in the literature. This situation apparently has more to do with the state of immunosuppression that is produced than with any specific agent used. We present the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with multiple plantar melanocytic nevi after multidrug chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia. None of the lesions showed any alarming clinical signs. Although the degeneration of post-chemotherapy melanocytic nevi to melanoma has not been documented in any of the cases described, the presence of a high number of melanocytic nevi is an accepted risk factor for melanoma; thus, close clinical follow-up of these patients seems advisable.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España. luishueso@msn.com
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hueso
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Requena
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serra-Guillén
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfaro
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagore
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Llombart
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Botella-Estrada
authors.forename: Onofre
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sanmartín
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillén
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents