Extensive purpuric lesions due to vitamin C deficiency and leucocytoclastic vasculitis as the initial sign of lung adenocarcinoma

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2019 Apr;44(3):e53-e54. doi: 10.1111/ced.13918. Epub 2019 Jan 27.

Authors

C Bachmeyer¹, P Moguelet², S Marciano¹, S Georgin-Lavialle¹, J B Monfort³, V Gkalea⁴, S Mattioni¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Tenon Hospital (AP-HP), 4, rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France.
² Department of Pathology, Tenon Hospital (AP-HP), 4, rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France.
³ Department of Dermatology, Tenon Hospital (AP-HP), 4, rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Biological Hematology, Tenon Hospital (AP-HP), 4, rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France.

PMID: 30687951
DOI: 10.1111/ced.13918

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Aged
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency / etiology*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Male
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology*
Purpura / etiology*
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / etiology*