This is a list of cutaneous conditions associated with internal malignancy; skin markers of internal cancer. It does not include skin infections associated with cancer or cancers that spread to skin. Some have stronger associations with cancers than others.
+ Cutaneous conditions associated with internal benign tumors and/or malignancies Cutaneous condition Internal malignancy Erythema gyratum repens Lung cancer Hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita Lung cancer Paraneoplastic pemphigus Non-Hodgkin lymphomaNon-Hodgkin lymphoma is the most common cause of paraneoplastic pemphigus in adults. Castleman's disease is the most common cause of paraneoplastic pemphigus in children.Chronic lymphocytic leukemiaCastleman's diseaseSarcomaThymoma Tripe palms Lung cancer Tripe palms with acanthosis nigricans Stomach cancerPityriasis rotundaHepatocellular carcinomaMigratory thrombophlebitisPancreatic adenocarcinomaLeser–Trélat signGastrointestinal adenocarcinomaAcquired ichthyosisHodgkin diseasePityriasis rotundaHepatocellular carcinomaParaneoplastic pigmentationSmall cell bronchial carcinomaAcrokeratosis paraneoplasticaSquamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory or gastrointestinal tractsNecrolytic migratory erythemaGlucagon secreting pancreatic islet cell adenomaDermatomyositisLung cancer in men, breast and gynaecological tumours in women and colorectal cancers in both sexesScleroderma‐like skin changesCarcinoid syndromeParaneoplastic pemphigusB‐cell proliferations and thymoma or thymoma‐like neoplasms; specifically Non Hodgkin's lymphoma (42%)Dermatitis herpetiformisLymphomaPorphyria cutanea tarda and variegate porphyriasHepatocellular CarcinomaErythroderma and exfoliative dermatitisMycosis fungoides or Sézary syndromePyoderma gangrenosumHematological malignancySweet syndromeHematological malignancy
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See also List of target antigens in pemphigus List of cutaneous conditions List of genes mutated in cutaneous conditions List of cutaneous conditions caused by mutations in keratins
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