Relevance of sun safety in patients commencing crizotinib for non-small cell lung cancer.

Abstract

tributed. Diffuse dermal angiomatosis commonly affects patients with severe peripheral vascular disease, for which this patient had risk factors, including obesity, hypertension and dyslipidaemia. Management is focused on treatment of any condition that may be inducing hypoxia. Based on their antiangiogenic properties, corticosteroids have been used successfully. Smoking cessation, local revascularisation and isotretinoin have been effective in cases of diffuse dermal angiomatosis. Spontaneous resolution is also possible. Cutaneous reactive angiomatoses present rarely and heterogeneously and may be mistaken for more common conditions including cellulitis. This diagnosis should be considered in patients with systemic conditions or potential vascular disease, who present with cutaneous lesions not responding to conventional treatment.