title: Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex: report of a case in a young black woman.
abstract: Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex is a rare cutaneous syndrome associated with malignant neoplasms of the pulmonary and upper gastrointestinal tract, or cervical metastatic adenopathy, usually seen in middle-aged white men. We present a unique case of Bazex syndrome in that the patient was young, black, and a woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kallgren
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D012737:Sex Factors