Bazex paraneoplastic acrokeratosis in prostate carcinoma.
We describe a patient in whom symmetrical acrokeratosis appeared 6 years before the diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma of the prostate causing paraplegia. The paraneoplastic dermatosis and paraplegia regressed following treatment with stilboestrol and topical applications of 2% salicylic acid in vaseline. To our knowledge, Bazex acrokeratosis has not been reported previously in association with carcinoma of the prostate.
Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis