Appearances may be deceptive: florid cutaneous and mucosal papillomatosis

Clin Med (Lond). 2023 Jan;23(1):97-98. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0458.

Abstract

We present a case in which a patient presented with widespread cutaneous warty lesions misdiagnosed as warts 3 months before the diagnosis of his advanced gastric adenocarcinoma. Florid cutaneous and mucosal papillomatosis is a paraneoplastic dermatosis, following a parallel course with the underlying malignancy, which is most often gastric adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Florid cutaneous and mucosal papillomatosis; gastric adenocarcinoma; malignancy; neoplasm; paraneoplastic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acanthosis Nigricans* / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Papilloma* / diagnosis
  • Papilloma* / pathology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes*
  • Skin Neoplasms*
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / diagnosis