Hydroxyurea-induced melanonychia

Michael G Buontempo; Zaima S Chaudhry; Ruchi S Raval; Kelly Mourtzanakis; Vignesh Ramachandran; Jerry Shapiro; Kristen Lo Sicco

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.09.027

Hydroxyurea-induced melanonychia

JAAD Case Rep. 2023 Oct 14:42:91-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.09.027. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Michael G Buontempo^{1

2}, Zaima S Chaudhry³, Ruchi S Raval², Kelly Mourtzanakis², Vignesh Ramachandran¹, Jerry Shapiro¹, Kristen Lo Sicco¹

Affiliations

¹ Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Department of Dermatology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey.
³ Department of Dermatology, Mayo Hospital, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

No abstract available

Keywords: drug-induced side effects; hydroxyurea; hyperpigmentation; management of hydroxyurea-induced melanonychia; melanoma; melanonychia; nail biopsy; nail changes; thrombocytosis; transverse melanonychia.

Publication types

Case Reports