title: Cutaneous manifestations of internal malignancy.
abstract: Skin changes may result from metastases to skin or from chemicals or hormones that are secreted by the tumor, resulting in identifiable cutaneous syndromes, or may be inflammatory dermatoses, benign or malignant proliferative lesions, or nevoid states whose association is recognized but the mechanisms of which are unexplained.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology; D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000209:etiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010145:Paget Disease, Extramammary / Q000209:etiology; D009384:Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications