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Hand-foot syndrome

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Common symptoms

手、足部厚壁水疱、手足麻木、手足肿胀、感觉障碍

The pathology of disease

Hand-foot syndrome (palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia) is chemo-induced rash on palms/soles; capecitabine; sorafenib; painful; emollient; dose modification.

Symptoms

Red painful palms/soles; after chemotherapy (capecitabine); swelling; desquamation; dose-related

Causes

Chemotherapy; capecitabine; pegylated liposomal doxorubicin; sorafenib; drug excretion in sweat.

Treatment

Cool; emollient; urea; dose delay/reduction; pyridoxine; oncology/dermatology

Dept

Oncology / dermatology.

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