Transient Remoulding of Nails as A Sequitur to Docetaxel

Taxanes are antimicrotubular anticancer drugs used for the treatment of various types of carcinomas including sarcomas. Docetaxel and Pacetaxel are drugs belonging to this category and are known to cause many hematological as well as cutaneous side effects .The nail changes caused by docetaxel are relatively benign in nature and proportional to the number of therapy cycles.
We report a 30 year old patient diagnosed with retroperitoneal sarcoma who developed severe nail changes on administration of chemotherapeutic agent docetaxel and these changes reversed to normal on withdrawal of the drug.

Keywords: Docetaxel, nail changes.