RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Case of Beau’s Lines at Even Intervals and Onycholysis Caused by Chemotherapy
Tatsuhiko Morioka , Ichiro Kurokawa *, Kei-ichi Yamanaka, Hitomi Sugisaki, Koji Habe, Ken-ichi Isoda, Hitoshi Mizutani
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 16
Last Page: 17
Publisher ID: TODJ-3-16
DOI: 10.2174/1874372200903010016
Article History:
Received Date: 26/12/2008Revision Received Date: 09/01/2009
Acceptance Date: 13/01/2009
Electronic publication date: 30/1/2009
Collection year: 2009
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Abstract
We report a case of Beau’s lines at even intervals and onycholysis caused by chemotherapy. The patient with a diffuse large cell B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) stageIIA underwent combination chemotherapy consisting of R-CHOP (Rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubin, vincristine, predonisolone) every three weeks (21-day intervals) six times. As he was treated with R-CHOP, he noticed each Beau’s lines (transverse groove) on all 20 nails each time. In addition, he had onycholysis caused by cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin treatment. Two months after discontinuation of chemotherapy, Beau’s lines disappeared.