title: Alopecia areata as a paraneoplastic syndrome of gastric cancer.
abstract: Alopecia areata produces hair loss in circular patches by an immune mechanism. The association with hematologic malignancies and with digestive tumors has been described. We report the case of a man who presented alopecia areata and two months later he was diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Medicina Interna, Hospital Povisa, España.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Álvarez Otero
authors.affiliation: Medicina Interna, Hospital Povisa.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández Fernández
authors.affiliation: Medicina Interna, Hospital Povisa.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Fuente Aguado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed