Bile duct adenocarcinoma with Leser-Trelat sign and pure red blood cell aplasia

Cancer. 1980 Oct 1;46(7):1657-60. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19801001)46:7<1657::aid-cncr2820460727>3.0.co;2-a.

Abstract

A case of adenocarcinoma of the bile duct complicating longstanding ulcerative colitis and associated with the rapid onset and growth of multiple seborrheic keratosis (Leser-Trelat sign) and pure red blood cell aplasia is described. This is the first report of a case of the coexistence of the Leser-Trelat sign and pure red blood cell aplasia in a patient with a malignancy. Both manifestations have been doubted as truly paraneoplastic manifestations because of their rarity in clinical medicine. Their co-existence in the present case would support their associaton with malignancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Aged
  • Anemia, Aplastic / etiology*
  • Anemia, Aplastic / pathology
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / complications*
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
  • Dermatitis, Seborrheic / etiology*
  • Dermatitis, Seborrheic / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keratosis / etiology*
  • Keratosis / pathology