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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 19;4(1):58-60.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.09.001. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Balanitis associated with FOLFIRI chemotherapy

Goran Micevic  1 , Sara Harcharik Perkins  2 , Amanda E Zubek  1   2
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Case Reports

Balanitis associated with FOLFIRI chemotherapy

Goran Micevic et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
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Keywords: 5-FU, 5-fluorouracil; FOLFIRI; FOLFIRI, 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, and folinic acid; TEC, toxic erythema of chemotherapy; balanitis; toxic erythema of chemotherapy.

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Fig 1
Balanitis. Representative clinical image coronal (A) and sagittal (B).
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Toxic erythema of chemotherapy. Representative images of hands (A) and palm/base of thumb (B).
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