Recurrent and Fixed Neutrophilic Dermatosis Associated With Dasatinib

J Cutan Med Surg. 2018 Nov/Dec;22(6):621-623. doi: 10.1177/1203475418775663. Epub 2018 May 13.

Abstract

Background: Dasatinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Skin rashes are common, occurring in about a quarter of patients treated, and are generally mild. The commonest rash is a keratosis pilaris-like eruption. A neutrophilic dermatosis has rarely been reported.

Objective: We report a patient whose CML was successfully treated with dasatinib and who several years later developed episodes of a neutrophilic dermatosis recurring at the same sites.

Conclusion: This report extends the clinical spectrum of neutrophilic dermatoses to include dasatinib-induced recurrent and fixed erythematous plaques.

Keywords: Sweet disease; dasatinib; fixed drug eruption; neutrophilic dermatosis; recurrent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dasatinib / adverse effects*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Eruptions* / diagnosis
  • Drug Eruptions* / etiology
  • Drug Eruptions* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neutrophil Infiltration
  • Recurrence
  • Skin / pathology
  • Sweet Syndrome
  • Thorax / pathology

Substances

  • Dasatinib