title: [The skin manifestations in patients with lung cancers].
abstract: It is also common to observe skin manifestations in many internal malignancies. The lung cancer is a frequently seen internal cancer. Due to its gradually increasing incidence, it has become the first reason of death from cancer also in women by overtaking the breast cancer. Although pathognomonic skin manifestations are not reported in lung cancers, it is emphasized that lung cancer must be remembered when non specific signs such as digital clubbing, hypertrophic osteoatropathy, cyanosis due to superior vena cava syndrome, oedema, telengiectasia, acanthosis nigricans are observed. Because a few reports are present about this subject in literature, 44 patients which had the diagnosis of lung cancer in Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine were evaluated according to the their dermatological manifestations. 47.7% of these patients had digital clubbing; meanwhile 25% telengiectasia of the chest forewall, 22.7% lip cyanosis, 9% long eyelash, 2.27% pruritus, 2.27% hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and 2.27% Leser Trelat sign were established.
authors.affiliation: Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Dermatology, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oztürkcan
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozel
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Seyfikli
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatipoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology