An unusual paraneoplastic manifestation in lung cancer: eosinophilic erythroderma

An 81-year-old man was admitted for generalized weakness, erythrodermia and eosinophilia. His chest CT showed nodules related to lung adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy induced a tumour response with the disappearance of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia. A tumour relapse indicating the recurrence of the...

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Published in:Revue de pneumologie clinique 2009-02, Vol.65 (1), p.32-35
Main Authors: Andriamanantena, D, Boye, T, Gervaise, A, Vieu, C, Splingard, B, Dot, J-M, Veran, Y, Margery, J
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Aged, 80 and over
Dermatitis, Exfoliative - etiology
Eosinophilia - etiology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - complications
Male
Paraneoplastic Syndromes - etiology
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Summary:An 81-year-old man was admitted for generalized weakness, erythrodermia and eosinophilia. His chest CT showed nodules related to lung adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy induced a tumour response with the disappearance of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia. A tumour relapse indicating the recurrence of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia was confirmed 2 months after completion of the chemotherapy. The outcome was rapidly fatal. The evolution of the symptoms suggests that eosinophilic erythrodermia is a paraneoplastic syndrome. Cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes are rare but may be associated with lung cancer.
ISSN:0761-8417
DOI:10.1016/j.pneumo.2008.11.001