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Localised chronic eyelid disease resulting from long term hydroxyurea therapy
  1. P PURI,
  2. B E WOODCOCK,
  3. N P O'DONNELL
  1. Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust
  1. N P O'Donnell, Southport General Infirmary, Pilkington Road, Southport PR8 6PH, UK

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Editor,—Hydroxyurea is an antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of various myelproliferative conditions and severe psoriasis. Documented skin manifestations from long term therapy with hydroxyurea include icthyosis, a dermatomyositis-like eruption on the dorsal hands, facial erythema, and accelerated development of premalignant and malignant skin lesions.1-5 Our patient is the first described case of a cutaneous manifestation of long …

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