Bazex syndrome - a case report

Journal Title: Nasza Dermatologia Online - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex is a rare but distinctive paraneoplastic dermatoses. This condition is a cutaneous marker of supra-diaphragmatic neoplasia. This syndrome is important because the cutaneous findings precede the onset of symptoms referable to the underlying neoplasm by several months in most of the cases. A 42 year old male who had scaly hyperkeratotic, papulosquamous lesions on face and dorsa of hands and feet with a suspicion of an underlying gastric neoplasm and a diagnosis of Bazex syndrome is being reported in view of the rarity of this condition.  

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Iffat, Hassan, Keen Abid, Ahmad Mashkoor, Masood Qazi

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Iffat, Hassan, Keen Abid, Ahmad Mashkoor, Masood Qazi (2011).  Bazex syndrome - a case report. Nasza Dermatologia Online, 2(1), 18-20. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-129337