Dermatológia pre prax 2/2012

Erythema gyratum repens in patient with duplicite malignity

Erythema gyratum repens is rare, inflammatory skin disease belonging to the group of paraneoplastic disorders. Authors describe a case report of female patient with renal cell carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. With respect to disapearance of skin lesion after radical nephrectomy, the causal linkage between renal cell carcinoma and erythema gyratum could be concluded.

Keywords: Erythema gyratum repens, paraneoplastic dermatoses, malignity.