Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica—a new cutaneous marker of malignancy |
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| Authors: | A. BAZEX A. GRIFFITHS |
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| Affiliation: | Medical Physics Department, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury CT1 3NG, Photobiology Department, Institute of Dermatology, London, and Quantum Metrology Division, National Physics Laboratory, Teddington |
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| Abstract: | The historical background and the main clinical features of a specific paraneoplastic dermatosis, acrokeratosis paraneoplastica, are reviewed. Typical features are erythematous scaly lesions on the extremities, ears and bridge of the nose, associated with a malignancy, most frequently in the laryngo-pharyngeal region. |
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