Hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita in ulcerative colitis with colon cancer
Brinkmann, J.; Breier, B.; Goos, M.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 43(11): 714-716
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 1468933 Document Number: 388782
Hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita is regarded as an obligatory cutaneous paraneoplasm and is defined as the sudden and excessive appearance of lanugo hairs on the entire integument associated with malignant neoplasm of internal organs. We observed such a case of hypertrichosis in a 30-year-old man with a long history of ulcerative colitis who developed carcinoma of the caecum with lymph node metastasis.