Bazex syndrome

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Bazex syndrome

ORPHA:166113Disease

Also called Acrokeratosis of Bazex · Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica · Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex

What it is

A rare paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by acral psoriasiform lesions typically involving the ears, nose, fingers and nails of the hands and feet, but may also extend to cheeks, elbows, knees and trunk, with occasional pruritus. In a majority of cases the cutaneous lesions precede the symptoms/diagnosis of malignancy (generally involving the upper aerodigestive tract, but also other squamous cell malignancies).

Key facts

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Age of onset
Adult
Inheritance
Not applicable
Classified as
Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

L44.8filed under a broader ICD-10 category

Cross-references

MEDDRA 10065247UMLS C0406355

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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