title: [Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis (Bazex syndrome)].
abstract: Bazex acrokeratosis was found in a 79-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. The psoriasiform skin lesions preceded the tumor diagnosis by 8 months. The symptoms, the course of the disease, and histological findings are presented. Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica is a rare disease observed only in patients either with cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract or cervical lymph-node metastases.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007645:Keratoderma, Palmoplantar / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Paraneoplastische Akrokeratose (Bazex-Syndrom).