BLEOMYCIN-INDUCED DIGITAL GANGRENE

We read with interest Petruzzelli's review concerning acral gangrene [1]. Indeed, bleomycin-induced digital gangrene is a rare but severe effect of the treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related Kaposi sarcoma (KS) [2, 3]. We report herein a new case. A 41-year-old, homosexual, Caucasian man, HIV-positive since 1986, developed a widespread cutaneous KS since mid-1987, with painful papulous lesions of the [...]