title: Acquired Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa: Typical Presentation and Unusual Association.
abstract: Paraneoplastic syndrome might be the first clinical manifestation of malignancy. We present a menopausal female with the acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa (AHL) as an initial clinical presentation of rectal adenocarcinoma, unusually associated with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia. mtancicgajic@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Milina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tančić-Gajić
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vujović
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dujmović
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Basta
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Miomira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ivović
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Ljiljana V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Marina
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Predrag B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Djordjević
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Micić
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D020362:Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*