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01-01-2017 | Case Report - Brain Tumors

Black hairy tongue after chemotherapy for malignant brain tumors

Authors: Yuki Yamagishi, Keisuke Maruyama, Keiichi Kobayashi, Satoshi Kume, Nobuyoshi Sasaki, Shigeomi Yokoya, Kuniaki Saito, Yoshiaki Shiokawa, Motoo Nagane

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Black hairy tongue (BHT) developed in five patients (2.6%) among 192 patients undergoing chemotherapy for malignant brain tumors. Three patients with a history of diabetes mellitus developed BHT within 10 days after the initiation of chemotherapy. The other two patients suffered more than 100 days after induction and lymphopenia of grade 3 or worse developed for more than 20 days, which was not observed in the three patients with diabetes. We found that BHT could develop after chemotherapy for malignant brain tumors. Patients with diabetes mellitus presented early after chemotherapy, while patients with longstanding severe lymphopenia presented in late phase.

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Title: Black hairy tongue after chemotherapy for malignant brain tumors
Authors: Yuki Yamagishi
Keisuke Maruyama
Keiichi Kobayashi
Satoshi Kume
Nobuyoshi Sasaki
Shigeomi Yokoya
Kuniaki Saito
Yoshiaki Shiokawa
Motoo Nagane
Publication date: 01-01-2017
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-3036-5

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