title: Bazex syndrome (acrokeratosis paraneoplastica).
abstract: Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica (Bazex syndrome) is a rare but distinctive dermatosis associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract with possible cervical lymph node metastases. The cutaneous lesions occurring in the syndrome are non-metastatic skin involvement that parallels (as cutaneous marker) the evolution of the malignancy. Since only a few case reports have been published in the otolaryngologic literature, we present our experience and review some of the findings previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knecht
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weidauer
mesh_terms: D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology