Case Reports in Archivos de Bronconeumología: The Journal's Butterfly Collection

Villegas, Diego Castillo

doi:10.1016/s1579-2129(08)60101-9

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“…In this case, the patient was in advancing age with cachexic features along with liver and lung lesions which prompted us to investigate histologically for evidence of malignancy which came out to be negative. Bazex syndrome is frequently associated with lung carcinoma as seen in many studies [14][15][16][17]. In our case, lungs showed features of pulmonary edema with normal histology.…”

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An Unusual Encounter of Skin Condition Mimicking Acrokeratosis Paraneoplastica (Bazex Syndrome)

Vazhayil¹,

Meshram²,

Kalonia³

2021

Cureus

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Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica is a rare paraneoplastic skin disease in which there are erythematous violaceous, scaly plaques on the hands, feet, and acral locations. There is a relationship between various carcinomas of the aerodigestive tract and skin eruptions. These were the pioneering work done pertaining to a clinical entity that was showing some inter-relationship between a skin condition and carcinoma anywhere inside the body. Bazex syndrome is mostly associated with carcinomas of the upper aero-digestive tract, but other malignancies were also being reported. In this case, the patient was in advancing age with cachexic features along with liver and lung lesions which prompted us to investigate histologically for evidence of malignancy which came out to be negative. In our case, lungs showed features of pulmonary edema with normal histology. When we examined the liver, gross lesions were present but no evidence of malignancy was noted and the liver showed normal parenchyma histologically. Specimens taken from hand and foot showed hyperkeratosis along with bacterial colonies in the overlying epidermis. The spleen showed red pulp with congestion and hemorrhage. Similarly, sections from the kidneys were showing interstitial inflammation and congestion of blood vessels. Specimens from the brain and heart showed unremarkable histology.

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