Search
paraneoplastic dermatosis
Differential diagnosis:
1) dermatoses linked to internal malignancy
- acanthosis nigricans
- Leser-Trelat sign
- tripe palms
- Bazex syndrome
- carcinoid syndrome
- ectopic ACTH syndrome
- glucagonoma syndrome
- neutrophilic dermatosis
- Sweet syndrome
- atypical pyoderma gangrenosum
- Paget disease of the breast
- extramammary Paget disease
- paraneoplastic pemphigus
2) dermatoses that may be associated with internal malignancy
- dermatomyositis
- amyopathic dermatomyositis [1]
- mycosis fungoides
- porphyria cutanea tarda
- neurofibromatosis type 1
- tuberous sclerosis
- familial atypical multiple mole melanoma-pancreatic syndrome
- Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- hereditary leiomyomatosis & renal cell carcinoma syndrome
- Gardner syndrome
- Cowden syndrome
Related
dermatomyositis
ectopic ACTH syndrome
Specific
extramammary Paget's disease
familial atypical multiple mole melanoma-pancreatic syndrome
Leser Trelat sign
migratory necrolytic erythema; glucagonoma syndrome; erythema necrolytica migrans
neutrophilic dermatosis
Paget's disease of the breast or nipple
paraneoplastic acrokeratosis of Bazex; Bazex syndrome; acrokeratosis paraneoplastica
paraneoplastic pemphigus
tripe palms
General
skin disease (dermatologic disorder, dermatopathy, dermatosis)
paraneoplastic syndrome
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 16.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2012
- Thiers BH, Sahn RE, Callen JP.
Cutaneous manifestations of internal malignancy.
CA Cancer J Clin. 2009 Mar-Apr;59(2):73-98
PMID: 19258446