Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis

Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis, or Bazex syndrome is a cutaneous condition characterized by psoriasiform changes of hands, feet, ears, and nose, with involvement of the nails and periungual tissues being characteristic and indistinguishable from psoriatic nails. The condition is associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.[2]: 665 

This article is about the cutaneous condition Bazex syndrome. For the inherited condition Bazex syndrome, see Bazex–Dupré–Christol syndrome.
Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis
Other namesAcrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex and Acrokeratosis neoplastica)[1]
SpecialtyDermatology Edit this on Wikidata

History

A case was first reported by Henri Gougerot and C. Grupper in 1922.[3][4] Andre Bazex described it as a paraneoplastic syndrome in 1965.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
  2. Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138076-0.
  3. Chiesa-Fuxench, Zelma C.; Ramírez, Liliana; Sánchez, Néstor P. (2011). "Cutaneous manifestations of internal malignancy and paraneoplastic syndromes". In Sánchez, Néstor P. (ed.). Atlas of Dermatology in Internal Medicine. New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4614-0687-7.
  4. Gougerot, H. and Grupper, C., (1922). Dermatose érythémato-squameuse avec hyperkératose palmoplantaire, porectasies digitales et cancer de la langue latent. Paris Med, 43, pp.234-237
  5. Bazex, A.; Griffiths, A. (September 1980). "Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica--a new cutaneous marker of malignancy". The British Journal of Dermatology. 103 (3): 301–306. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1980.tb07248.x. ISSN 0007-0963. PMID 7000146.
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