Hexamethylene bisacetamide-induced cutaneous vasculitis
Rowinsky, E.K.; McGuire, W.P.; Anhalt, G.J.; Ettinger, D.S.; Donehower, R.C.
Cancer Treatment Reports 71(5): 471-474
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0361-5960 PMID: 3567971 Document Number: 286532
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura developed in a patient receiving hexamethylene bisacetamide, a tumor-differentiating agent in vitro that is in phase I clinical trials. Histopathological examination revealed features of leukocytoclastic vasculitis with deposition of IgA and complement in the dermal vasculature. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis, an extremely rare complication of therapy with antineoplastic agents, is reported to alert others using this compound of this association.