
|Poll|March 3, 2014
Rectal Cancer Patient Presents With Hand Edema and Erythema
Author(s)Andra Krauze, BSc, MD, FRCPC
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A 50-year-old male is receiving capecitabine with concurrent radiation therapy for stage III rectal cancer. For the past 7 days, the patient has been taking ciprofloxacin for a urinary tract infection. He has a 1-week history of a tingling sensation in both the palms of his hands and soles of his feet, and a 3-day history of hand edema and erythema.
The diagnosis is:
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