[Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis: Bazex disease. A tumor-specific dermatosis in squamous cell cancers in the area of the head and neck].
Bazex syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome with characteristic acral hyperkeratosis, seen only in men with either carcinoma of or metastases to the head and neck. The author describes a case of Bazex syndrome in which recognition of the hyperkeratosis led to diagnosis and treatment of the underlying tumour.
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Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik der Universität Mainz.
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D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
Paraneoplastische Akrokeratose: M. Bazex. Eine tumorspezifische Dermatose bei Plattenepithelkarzinomen im Kopf-Halsbereich.