Clinical Medical Image Library Clin Med Img Lib 10.23937/2474-3682 2474-3682 ClinMed International Library Wilmington, USA 10.23937 Acquired Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa Associated with Lung Carcinoma Hasnakerrouch 10.23937/2474-3682/1510213 Hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita (HLA) is an acquired condition most of ten associated with medication use and endocrine or metabolic disorders. The association of HLA with malignancy has been also noted. Here in we report a case of HLA revealing a lung carcinoma. CLINICAL IMAGE 9 1 OPEN ACCESS 10.23937/2474-3682/1510212 Acquired Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa Associated with Lung Carcinoma Hasnakerrouch Dermatology Venerology Department, Military Hospital Instruction Mohammed V, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco Meryemkhalidi Dermatology Venerology Department, Military Hospital Instruction Mohammed V, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco Youssef Zemmez Dermatology Venerology Department, Military Hospital Instruction Mohammed V, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco Naoufal Hjira Dermatology Venerology Department, Military Hospital Instruction Mohammed V, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco Hasna kerrouch
Dermatology Venerology Department, Military Hospital Instruction Mohammed V, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
19 March 2023 Hasnakerrouch, Meryemkhalidi, Zemmez Y, Hjira N 2023 Acquired Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa Associated with Lung Carcinoma Clin Med Img Lib 10.23937/2474-3682/1510212 2023 Hasnakerrouch, et al. © This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita (HLA) is an acquired condition most of ten associated with medication use and endocrine or metabolic disorders. The association of HLA with malignancy has been also noted. Here in we report a case of HLA revealing a lung carcinoma.

A 69-year-old patient, an active chronic smoker, consulted for hypertrichosis evolving for 9 months. The clinical examination found diffuse lanugo hair, on the face and the neck (Figure 1). The rest of the exam was unremarkable. In addition, patient complained of concomitant onset of asthenia, dyspnoea, and weight loss amounting to 10 kg in 4 months.

The clinical examination allowed the diagnosis of acquired lanuginous hypertrichosis, which led to the search for an underlying neoplasia. The dosage of tumor markers revealed an elevation of ACE and CYFRA 21. Chest CT revealed a suspicious lung tumor histologically labeled squamous cell carcinoma of right lung. The patient died one month after the discovery of her neoplasia.

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Diffuse lanugo hair, on the face and the neck. https://www.clinmedjournals.org/articles/cmil/cmil-9-213-001.jpg