Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia associated with capecitabine chemotherapy: a case report

Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Jul 30:21:228. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.228.7525. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

We report a case of a 62 year-old patient who developed Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia upon receiving four cycles of capacitabine-based chemotherapy. She was on post surgical adjuvant treatment for invasive well differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon. The clinical and therapeutic aspects of this chemotherapeutic adverse effect are discussed.

Keywords: Kenya; Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia; capecitabine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Capecitabine / adverse effects*
  • Capecitabine / therapeutic use
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Hand-Foot Syndrome / etiology*
  • Hand-Foot Syndrome / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Capecitabine