Palmar fasciitis and arthritis in a patient with an extraovarian adenocarcinoma of the coelomic epithelium.

Abstract

A 54 year old woman presented with an intra-abdominal adenocarcinoma of primary coelomic origin and a syndrome of palmar fasciitis and arthritis, which was exacerbated during treatment by combination chemotherapy with intravenous carboplatin 300 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2, while the tumour responded well.

• Authors: P H Willemse, N H Mulder, H J van de Tempel, J G Aalders, D T Sleijfer
• Journal: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (Ann Rheum Dis) Vol. 50 Issue 1 Pg. 53-4 (Jan 1991) ISSN: 0003-4967 [Print] England
• PMID: 1994869 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Cyclophosphamide
• Prednisolone
• Carboplatin

Topics

• Arthritis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Carboplatin (therapeutic use)
• Cyclophosphamide (therapeutic use)
• Cystadenocarcinoma (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Fasciitis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Female
• Hand (pathology)
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Peritoneal Neoplasms (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Prednisolone (therapeutic use)