SMJ articles in the category "hand-foot syndrome"

Case Report

Yellow Skin Discoloration Associated with Sorafenib Use for Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

This report describes a patient with metastatic kidney cancer who developed a deep yellow skin discoloration while on therapy with the oral multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), sorafenib. A significant hand-foot syndrome, featuring acral skin desquamation and tender erythema at pressure points, was also present. A thorough clinicolaboratory investigation did…

Posted in: hand-foot syndrome 2 renal cell carcinoma 6 sorafenib 2

Case Report

Hand-foot Syndrome in a Patient with Multiple Fire Ant Stings

The case is reported of an elderly patient with known previous exposure to fire ant stings, and who presented with hand-foot syndrome (HFS) in the setting of multiple fire ant stings to the lower extremities. Both hands and both feet were red, swollen, and mildly tender. Treatment was with fluocinonide…

Posted in: envenomation 4 hand-foot syndrome 2
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