ABSTRACT
Usually gastrointestinal malignancies present with low SAAG ascites. But when there is diffuse liver infiltration following malignancy, high SAAG ascites can occur. So liver infiltration can masquerade as cirrhosis. Malignant acanthosis and tripe palm are the paraneoplastic manifestations seen in GI malignancies. We are reporting a case which was initially managed as a straightforward case of cirrhosis ,but later turned out to be a case with tripe palms, malignant acanthosis and carcinoma stomach as primary with diffuse liver infiltration having high SAAG ascites.
ABSTRACT
Es un síndrome paraneoplásico poco común, que se asocia a tumores gastrointestinales, más frecuentemente a adenocarcinoma gástrico (69%). Afecta a ambos sexos y no tiene prevalencia por grupo étnico alguno. Clínicamente son lesiones hiperpigmentadas, hipertróficas y verrucosas en zonas de flexión y en la mayoría de los casos, las mucosas también resultan afectadas con lesiones papilomatosas. Habitualmente desaparecen con la eliminación del tumor o reaparecen con la recurrencia o metástasis.
Acanthosis nigricans malignant is an uncommon paraneoplastic syndrome associated with gastrointestinal tumors, frequently gastric adenocarcinoma, affects both sexes and it has not prevalence by race. Clinically, lesions are hyperpigmented, hypertrophic and verrucous in flexion areas and in most cases the mucous membranes are also affected with papillomatous lesions. Tipically disappears with the removal of the tumor and reappears when recurrence or metastasis occur.
ABSTRACT
A 51-year-old female had disseminated, symmetrically distributed, brownish black pigmentation and papillary hypertrophy on the intertriginous and flexural areas for 6 months, and gastric adenocarcinoma was confirmed during the evaluation of internal malignancy, The cutaneous finding of acanthosis nigricans was a significant cutaneous marker of internal malignancy in this case.