A 79-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of rapid growth of multiple long, thin, non-pigmented hairs, distributed diffusely over the entire body, preferentially on the face and trunk (Figure, A). After extensive investigations, two neoplasms were detected — a breast mucinous carcinoma and a metastatic endometrial carcinoma (Figure, B) — establishing the diagnosis of paraneoplastic hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita.
- Marta Ferran1
- Montserrat Gilaberte2
- Josep E Herrero-Gonzalez3
- Lara Pijuan4
- Ramon M Pujol5
- Department of Dermatology and Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Correspondence: mferran@imas.imim.es
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