See also: List of cutaneous conditions.
This is a list of cutaneous conditions associated with internal malignancy; skin markers of internal cancer.[1] It does not include skin infections associated with cancer or cancers that spread to skin.[1] Some have stronger associations with cancers than others.[2]
Cutaneous condition | Internal malignancy | |
---|---|---|
Lung cancer | ||
Lung cancer | ||
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma[3] Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Castleman's disease Sarcoma Thymoma | ||
Lung cancer | ||
Stomach cancer | ||
Pityriasis rotunda | Hepatocellular carcinoma | |
Migratory thrombophlebitis | Pancreatic adenocarcinoma | |
Leser–Trélat sign | Gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma | |
Acquired ichthyosis | Hodgkin disease | |
Pityriasis rotunda | Hepatocellular carcinoma | |
Paraneoplastic pigmentation | Small cell bronchial carcinoma | |
Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica | Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory or gastrointestinaltracts | |
Necrolytic migratory erythema | Glucagon secretingpancreatic islet cell adenoma | |
Dermatomyositis | Lung cancer in men, breast and gynaecological tumours in women and colorectal cancers in both sexes | |
Scleroderma‐like skin changes | Carcinoid syndrome | |
Paraneoplastic pemphigus | B‐cell proliferations and thymoma or thymoma‐like neoplasms; specifically Non Hodgkin's lymphoma (42%) | |
Dermatitis herpetiformis | Lymphoma | |
Porphyria cutanea tarda and variegate porphyrias | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | |
Erythroderma and exfoliative dermatitis | Mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome | |
Pyoderma gangrenosum | Hematological malignancy | |
Sweet syndrome | Hematological malignancy |