Fingerprint Change: Not Visible,But Tangible |
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| Authors: | Francesca V Negri PhD Annamaria De Giorgi MD Cecilia Bozzetti BS Anna Squadrilli BS Pier Giorgio Petronini PhD Francesco Leonardi MD Luigi Bisogno BS Luciano Garofano BS |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Medical Oncology, University Hospital, Parma, Italy;2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy;3. Italian Academy of Forensic Science, Reggio Emilia, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Hand–foot syndrome, a chemotherapy‐induced cutaneous toxicity, can cause an alteration in fingerprints causing a setback for cancer patients due to the occurrence of false rejections. A colon cancer patient was fingerprinted after not having been able to use fingerprint recognition devices after 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. The fingerprint images were digitally processed to improve fingerprint definition without altering the papillary design. No evidence of skin toxicity was present. Two months later, the situation returned to normal. The fingerprint evaluation conducted on 15 identification points highlighted the quantitative and qualitative fingerprint alteration details detected after the end of chemotherapy and 2 months later. Fingerprint alteration during chemotherapy has been reported, but to our knowledge, this particular case is the first ever reported without evident clinical signs. Alternative fingerprint identification methods as well as improved biometric identification systems are needed in case of unexpected situations. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science colon cancer capecitabine fingerprint loss hand– foot syndrome skin toxicity |
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