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'''Acrokeratosis paraneopastica of Bazex''' (also known as "Bazex' syndrome") is a cutaneous condition characterized by psoriasiform changes of hands, feet, ears, and nose, with involvement of the nails and periungual tissues being characteristic and indistinguishable from [[psoriatic nails]]. The condition is associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.<ref name="Fitz2">Freedberg, et. al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine''. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.</ref>{{rp|665}}
'''Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex''' (also known as "Bazex' syndrome") is a cutaneous condition characterized by psoriasiform changes of hands, feet, ears, and nose, with involvement of the nails and periungual tissues being characteristic and indistinguishable from [[psoriatic nails]]. The condition is associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.<ref name="Fitz2">Freedberg, et. al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine''. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.</ref>{{rp|665}}


This condition should not be confused with the other unrelated disease called Bazex Syndrome, otherwise referred to as [[Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome]].
This condition should not be confused with the other unrelated disease called Bazex Syndrome, otherwise referred to as [[Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome]].

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Paraneoplastic acrokeratosis
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Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex (also known as "Bazex' syndrome") is a cutaneous condition characterized by psoriasiform changes of hands, feet, ears, and nose, with involvement of the nails and periungual tissues being characteristic and indistinguishable from psoriatic nails. The condition is associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.[1]: 665 

This condition should not be confused with the other unrelated disease called Bazex Syndrome, otherwise referred to as Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome.

See also

References

  1. ^ Freedberg, et. al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.