A Case of Leser-Trélat Syndrome Associated with a Renal Cell Carcinoma

Seborrheic keratoses can often be found in elderly people. In general, they appear gradually. In cases of a sudden eruption with itching it might be paraneoplastic. Although some authors doubt the existence of the paraneoplastic Leser-Trélat syndrome, we present a case of sudden eruption of seborrhe...

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Autores principales: Barth, Dietrich, Puhlmann, Silvio, Barth, Joachim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Published online: September, 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000440692
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Sumario:Seborrheic keratoses can often be found in elderly people. In general, they appear gradually. In cases of a sudden eruption with itching it might be paraneoplastic. Although some authors doubt the existence of the paraneoplastic Leser-Trélat syndrome, we present a case of sudden eruption of seborrheic keratoses connected with a newly diagnosed renal cell carcinoma. As far as we know, this is the first case report of a Leser-Trélat syndrome with a malignancy of the kidney.

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