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.
Obasi
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Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
Garg
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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