Necrolytic Migratory Erythema in a Patient with Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Michaela Gronau; Dirk Jäger; Alexander H. Enk; Jessica C. Hassel

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8499

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Necrolytic Migratory Erythema in a Patient with Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Michaela Gronau, Dirk Jäger, Alexander H. Enk, Jessica C. Hassel

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Keywords: mechanoresponsive, necrolytic migratory erythema, neuroendocrine tumor, tumor lysis

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2013 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 151-152

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8499

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Abstract

Necrolytic migratory erythema is an obligatory paraneoplastic syndrome. Here we describe a patient with a neuroendocrine tumor of probably pancreatic origin. She developed the typical skin lesions under chemotherapy with temozolomide and capecitabine.

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