Bazex Syndrome with Hypoalbuminemia and Severe Ascites

• Main Authors: Hidetoshi Matsui, Shigemichi Iwae, Yuji Hirayama, Koichiro Yonezawa, Jun Shigeji
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karger Publishers 2016-07-01
• Series: Case Reports in Oncology
• Subjects: Albumin; Ascites; Skin lesion; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Dermatosis
• Online Access: http://prod.karger.com/Article/FullText/448168

Bazex syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic dermatosis. The underlying malignancy frequently is squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract or cervical lymph nodes from an unknown primary site. We report a 63-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of cervical lymph nodes from an unknown primary site. He developed a mass on the right side of his neck, cutaneous lesions diagnosed as Bazex syndrome, hypoalbuminemia, and severe ascites. Right neck dissection was performed. After neck dissection, not only the cutaneous lesions, but also the severe hypoalbuminemia and severe ascites were improved. Bazex syndrome may be associated with hypoalbuminemia and ascites.