Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020)
Clinical Cases

Female patient with erythoderma, mucositis and pancytopenia

Natasha Cytrynbaum
Programa de Residência em Clínica Médica. Departamento de Clínica Médica. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
André P. G. Machado
. Departamento de Clínica Médica. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Published 2020-07-01

Keywords

  • Erythroderma,
  • Mucositis,
  • Pancytopenia,
  • Methotrexate,
  • Pharmacodermia

How to Cite

1.
Natasha Cytrynbaum, André P. G. Machado. Female patient with erythoderma, mucositis and pancytopenia. BJHBS [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Oct. 11];19(1):69-73. Available from: https://bjhbs.hupe.uerj.br/bjhbs/article/view/115

Abstract

A 31 year-old female patient with psoriasis on irregular treatment with methotrexate, folic acid, and cyclosporine presenting erythroderma associated with epidermal desquamation, mucositis and pancytopenia was admitted for investigation.

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