Alopecia areata as a paraneoplastic syndrome of gastric cancer

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 Jan;109(1):83-84. doi: 10.17235/reed.2016.4455/2016.

Abstract

Alopecia areata produces hair loss in circular patches by an immune mechanism. The association with hematologic malignancies and with digestive tumors has been described. We report the case of a man who presented alopecia areata and two months later he was diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alopecia Areata / diagnostic imaging
  • Alopecia Areata / etiology*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholangiography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed