[An unusual paraneoplastic manifestation in lung cancer: eosinophilic erythroderma].
An 81-year-old man was admitted for generalized weakness, erythrodermia and eosinophilia. His chest CT showed nodules related to lung adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy induced a tumour response with the disappearance of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia. A tumour relapse indicating the recurrence of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia was confirmed 2 months after completion of the chemotherapy. The outcome was rapidly fatal. The evolution of the symptoms suggests that eosinophilic erythrodermia is a paraneoplastic syndrome. Cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes are rare but may be associated with lung cancer.
Andriamanantena
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Service de dermatologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées de Legouest, 27, rue de Plantières, BP 10, 57998 Metz, France.
Boye
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T
Gervaise
A
A
Vieu
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C
Splingard
B
B
Dot
J-M
JM
Veran
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Y
Margery
J
J
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000209:etiology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*