Skin discoloration

Skin discoloration can be a side effect of certain medical therapies, for instance minocycline treatment and radiotherapy.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffrey K. Aronson (29 November 2005). Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data and Trends in Adverse Drug Reactions. Elsevier. pp. 271–. ISBN 978-0-08-045950-9. The incidence of skin discoloration from minocycline varies from 2.4% to almost 15% (48R, 49R).
  2. ↑ Ockrim J, Lalani EN, Abel P (2006). "Therapy Insight: parenteral estrogen treatment for prostate cancer--a new dawn for an old therapy". Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 3 (10): 552–63. doi:10.1038/ncponc0602. PMID 17019433. S2CID 6847203. Gynecomastia can be effectively prevented by the use of pretreatment radiotherapy given as a single or fractionated therapy. The side effects of this therapy are minimal, and consist mostly of temporary skin discoloration.56


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