Tongue hyperpigmentation resulting from peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavirin treatment in a Caucasian patient with chronic hepatitis C

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2008 Nov;22(11):1389-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02653.x. Epub 2008 Mar 18.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha / administration & dosage
  • Interferon-alpha / adverse effects*
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Pigmentation Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / administration & dosage
  • Polyethylene Glycols / adverse effects*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / therapeutic use
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Ribavirin / administration & dosage
  • Ribavirin / adverse effects*
  • Ribavirin / therapeutic use
  • Tongue / pathology*
  • White People

Substances

  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Ribavirin
  • peginterferon alfa-2a