Acquired Darier disease in a patient with metastatic prostate cancer: a paraneoplastic process?

Dermatol Online J. 2020 Nov 15;26(11):13030/qt40z3v8vq.

Abstract

Darier disease is considered a hereditary acantholytic dermatosis that is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner and usually manifests in the first or second decade of life. We describe a 62-year-old man with an acquired variant of Darier disease after a recent diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer. We discuss and postulate a novel mechanism for this unusual presentation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Darier Disease / etiology*
  • Darier Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin / pathology*