Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (Erlotinib)-induced Papulopustular Rash

JOURNAL TITLE: AMEI's Current Trends in Diagnosis & Treatment

Author
1. Manavdeep Kaur
2. Rajeev Gupta
3. Shveta Mahajan
ISSN
2582-4260
DOI
10.5005/jp-journals-10055-0141
Volume
6
Issue
2
Publishing Year
2022
Pages
2
Author Affiliations
    1. Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    2. Eternal Heart Care, Centre and Research Institute, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    3. Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute Mount Sinai Hospital Affiliate, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    4. Eternal Heart Care Center and Research Institute, Mount Sinai New York Affiliate, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    5. Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute (Mount Sinai New York Affiliate) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    6. Cardiothoracic Center All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India
    7. Eternal Heart Care Center and Research Institute, Mount Sinai New York Affiliate, Jawahar Circle, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    8. Eternal Heart Care Center and Research Institute, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    9. Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute, Academic and Research Development Unit, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    10. Eternal Heart Care Center and ResearchInstitute, Mount Sinai, New York, Affiliate, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
    11. Eternal Heart Care Centre a
    1. Department of health, PHC lakhanpur Jammu and kashmir, india
    1. Department of Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Sri Amritsar, Punjab, India
  • Article keywords
    Erlotinib, Epidermal growth factor receptor, Papulopustular

    Abstract

    Erlotinib is a reversible inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase, competitively inhibiting adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding at the active site of the kinase. It is approved for treatment of advanced and metastatic cancers. The objective of this report is to find out the cause of the papulopustular lesion while the patient is on tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Our 57-year-old male known case of metastatic pancreatic cancer is on injection gemcitabine 1400 mg (D1 and D8), injection carboplatin 450 mg (D1), and tablet erlotinib 150 mg OD since 1.5 months and after 3 weeks of therapy he developed papulopustular lesions over legs and face which is a side effect of tablet erlotinib and thus it is discontinued and now the patient is being treated for papulopustular lesion by oral and topical antibiotics.

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