Bilateral Leser-Trélat sign mirroring lung adenocarcinoma with early metastases to the contralateral lung

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-218

  Dasanu, Constantin A ^a,b   Alexandrescu, Doru T ^c  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gothic Park   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acanthosis nigricans; Lung adenocarcinoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Seborrheic keratoses; Sign of Leser Tr lat

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; PACLITAXEL;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 63249135874     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31818f604d     Document Type: Article

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