Low-dose methotrexate-induced skin toxicity: Keratinocyte dystrophy as a histologic marker.
J Am Acad Dermatol
; 73(3): 484-90, 2015 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-26190242
BACKGROUND: Skin toxicity during low-dose methotrexate therapy is rare, ill described, and reported to have nonspecific histologic characteristics. Thus, misdiagnosis is common in patients with mucosal ulcers and/or skin erosions related to low-dose methotrexate. OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe the features of skin toxicity induced by low-dose methotrexate. METHODS: We evaluated the clinical and histologic features in 5 patients who experienced skin toxicity induced by low-dose methotrexate between 2011 and 2013. RESULTS: All 5 patients had acute mucosal ulcers, 4 had moderately abnormal blood cell counts, and 3 had skin erosions. In 3 patients, methotrexate dosage or dosing-schedule errors were identified. No other contributing factors (eg, renal dysfunction or interacting drugs) were identified. Mucocutaneous biopsy specimens consistently showed multiple dystrophic keratinocytes. LIMITATIONS: We studied only 5 patients and obtained no sensitivity or specificity data on the diagnostic value of keratinocyte dystrophy. CONCLUSION: Keratinocyte dystrophy may help to diagnose skin toxicity of low-dose methotrexate, even in the absence of known risk factors or methotrexate administration errors. Studies of the diagnostic performance of this histologic sign are needed.
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Úlcera Cutânea
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Queratinócitos
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Metotrexato
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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