A patient with leonine facies and occult lung disease

Respiration

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-254

  Kannenberg, S M H ^a   Koegelenberg, C F N ^a   Jordaan, H F ^a   Bolliger, C T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Lung cancer; Malignant acanthosis nigricans; Pachydermatoglyphy

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FACIES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEONINE FACIES; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PACHYDERMATOGLYPHY; PARANEOPLASTIC ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FACIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 76749157082     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000247186     Document Type: Article

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