Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica (bazex syndrome): Report of a case associated with small cell lung carcinoma and review of the literature

Journal of Radiology Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Zarzour, Jessica G ^a   Singh, Satinder ^a   Andea, Aleodor ^b   Cafardi, Jennifer A ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica; Bazex syndrome; Paraneoplastic

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BAZEX SYNDROME; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PARANEOPLASTIC ACROKERATOSIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960347277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v5i7.663     Document Type: Article

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