• Chemotherapy-induced hyperpigmentation is caused by many chemotherapeutic agents (especially the antibiotics bleomycin, and daunorubicin) and the alkylating...
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    the same site with each exposure to a particular medication. Medications inducing fixed drug eruptions are usually those taken intermittently. A painful...
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    Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema (palmoplantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome) Chemotherapy-induced hyperpigmentation Drug-induced acne Drug-induced angioedema...
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    Hypercholesterolemia Cushing's syndrome due to excess ACTH may also result in hyperpigmentation. This is due to melanocyte-stimulating hormone production as a byproduct...
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    susceptibility to sunlight-induced BCC indicated that reduced DNA repair capacity is one of the underlying molecular mechanisms for sunlight-induced skin carcinogenesis...
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    pseudoporphyria and PCT is that the classic features of hypertrichosis, hyperpigmentation, and sclerodermoid changes found with PCT are unusual with pseudoporphyria...
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    conditions resulting from a previous disease, such as scarring or hyperpigmentation. Large nodules were previously called cysts. The term nodulocystic...
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    GlaxoSmithKline, Busulfex IV, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.) is a chemotherapy drug in use since 1959. It is a cell cycle non-specific alkylating antineoplastic...
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    for a very long time and is a proven remedy. However, it does cause hyperpigmentation of the region in 30% of patients. It is less painful than ethanol...
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    clinical studies to improve the appearance of aging skin by reducing hyperpigmentation and redness. It is a water-soluble vitamin. Side effects are minimal...
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    surgery, injections of chemotherapy into the lesion, or radiation therapy. Widespread disease may be treated with chemotherapy or biologic therapy. In...
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    active acne, retinoids accelerate the resolution of acne-induced postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. It is also useful as maintenance therapy for people who...
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    in men who also developed minocycline-induced lupus; however, women are more likely to develop minocycline-induced lupus. Significant or complete recovery...
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    pigmentary alterations, being yellow or pale in color with areas of hyperpigmentation; deep wrinkles, coarse texture, purpura and ecchymoses, dry skin,...
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  • decrease in oral melanosis. For example, Addison's disease causes hyperpigmentation in the mouth and may be noticed during an exam followed alongside...
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    effective cell cycle arrest with UVA may render UVA-induced pyrimidine dimers more mutagenic than UVB-induced ones". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences...
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    about 6% of babies less than a month old. About 20% of those receiving chemotherapy for cancer and 20% of those with AIDS also develop the disease. About...
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    mutagenic nature, thiotepa can exert skin toxicity, such as redness and hyperpigmentation. Other less frequent symptoms are peeling skin and mucositis. These...
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    Rifampicin (category CYP1A2 inducers)
    (September 2018). "Ambroxol Induces Autophagy and Potentiates Rifampin Antimycobacterial Activity". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62 (9): AAC.01019–18...
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    comparable with retinol in its ability to improve photoaging (wrinkles, hyperpigmentation) but has a better skin tolerance. Bakuchiol has been found to possess...
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    FDA-approved standard chemotherapy regimens for MCC treatment. The most recent American guidelines do not recommend adjuvant chemotherapy, citing a lack of...
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    findings of chemotherapy-induced toxicity: what radiologists need to know about the clinical and radiologic manifestations of chemotherapy toxicity". Radiology...
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    cryotherapy and radiation therapy. For cases with distant metastasis, chemotherapy or biologic therapy may be employed. As of 2015, approximately 2.2 million...
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  • of an aesthetic care programme for Italian women suffering from chemotherapy-induced alopecia". European Journal of Cancer Care. 21 (5): 650–660. doi:10...
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    acid and lactic acid solution. Fluorouracil — Fluorouracil cream, a chemotherapy agent sometimes used to treat skin cancer, can be used on particularly...
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    medicine, a drug eruption is an adverse drug reaction of the skin. Most drug-induced cutaneous reactions are mild and disappear when the offending drug is withdrawn...
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    antineoplastic drug with immunosuppressive properties often used in chemotherapy. Aminopterin is a synthetic derivative of pterin. Aminopterin works as...
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  • manifestations can include: hyper-histaminemia: urticaria, pruritus, edema, hyperpigmentation, lytic bone lesions gastrointestinal involvement: ulcers, dyspepsia...
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    medications to patients whose adrenalism is not caused by cancer, since chemotherapy has been proven to be ineffective. Common use of medications include...
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    FP receptor agonists to eyelashes in humans is the development of hyperpigmentation at nearby skin sites. Follow-up studies of this side effect indicated...
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