Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis

This article is about the cutaneous condition Bazex syndrome. For the inherited condition Bazex syndrome, see Bazex–Dupré–Christol syndrome.

Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis is a skin condition characterized by psoriasiform changes of fingers, toes, ears, and nose, with involvement of the nails and periungual tissues being characteristic and indistinguishable from psoriatic nails.^[1] The condition is associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.^[2]

Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis
Other names	Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex and Dupre and acrokeratosis paraneoplastica)[1]
Specialty	Dermatology, oncology

History

A case was first reported by Henri Gougerot and C. Grupper in 1922.^[3][4] Andre Bazex described it as a paraneoplastic syndrome in 1965.^[3][5]

See also

• List of cutaneous conditions
• Nail anatomy
• List of cutaneous conditions associated with increased risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer