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Pretibial erysipelas-like erythema as the primary manifestation of renal cell carcinoma, a paraneoplastic manifestation Volume 24, numéro 1, January-February 2014

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1 Department of Dermatology,
Peking University People's Hospital,
No. 11 Xizhimen South Street,
Xicheng District,
Beijing 100044, P. R. China

Although 10%-40% of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have paraneoplastic signs and symptoms [1], cutaneous manifestations are rare. We report a patient with pretibial erysipelas-like erythema and plaques preceding the renal cancer. The skin lesion resolved after removal of the tumor, confirming its paraneoplastic nature.A 56-year-old woman was referred to our department for pretibial erythematous lesions that resembled erysipelas on the lower extremities over a 2-week period. However, the [...]