title: [Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica Bazex 6 years prior to diagnosis of gastric cancer].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bazex's syndrome is a rare paraneoplasia that is usually associated with cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Characteristic for the disease are diffuse, psoriasis-like, acral erythema, distal hyperkeratosis and onychodystrophy. Differential diagnoses comprise psoriasis, eczema and tinea.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 73-year-old man with acral hyperkeratosis, onychodystrophy, and diffuse palmar erythema. Gastric carcinoma was diagnosed by gastroscopy. After a gastrectomy was performed, regression of the skin lesions that the patient had been suffering from for more than 6 years was observed, confirming the diagnosis of Bazex's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Ordination, Thurnfeldgasse 3a, 6060, Hall in Tirol, Österreich, lukas.kofler@kofler-haut.at.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kofler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kofler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007039:Hypotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome