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Cutaneous manifestations of gastrointestinal disease: part I.

[cowden syndrome]

Cutaneous findings are not uncommonly a concomitant finding in patients afflicted with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. The dermatologic manifestations may precede clinically evident GI disease. Part I of this 2-part CME review focuses on dermatologic findings as they relate to hereditary and nonhereditary polyposis disorders and paraneoplastic disorders. A number of hereditary GI disorders have an increased risk of colorectal carcinomas. These disorders include familial adenomatous polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, and juvenile polyposis syndrome. Each disease has its own cutaneous signature that aids dermatologists in the early diagnosis and detection of hereditary GI malignancy. These disease processes are associated with particular gene mutations that can be used in screening and to guide additional genetic counseling. In addition, there is a group of hamartomatous syndromes, some of which are associated with phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) gene mutations, which present with concurrent skin findings. These include Cowden syndrome, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, and Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. Finally, paraneoplastic disorders are another subcategory of GI diseases associated with cutaneous manifestations, including malignant acanthosis nigricans, Leser-Trélat sign, tylosis, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, necrolytic migratory erythema, perianal extramammary Paget disease, carcinoid syndrome, paraneoplastic dermatomyositis, and paraneoplastic pemphigus. Each of these disease processes have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of GI malignancy. This underscores the important role of dermatologists in the diagnosis, detection, monitoring, and treatment of these disorders while consulting and interacting with their GI colleagues.

Diseases presenting "early diagnosis" symptom

  • achondroplasia
  • acute rheumatic fever
  • adrenal incidentaloma
  • adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • alexander disease
  • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • aromatase deficiency
  • carcinoma of the gallbladder
  • cholangiocarcinoma
  • classical phenylketonuria
  • coats disease
  • cohen syndrome
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • congenital toxoplasmosis
  • cowden syndrome
  • cushing syndrome
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • cystinuria
  • dentin dysplasia
  • dentinogenesis imperfecta
  • dracunculiasis
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • erythropoietic protoporphyria
  • esophageal carcinoma
  • esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • fabry disease
  • familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
  • familial mediterranean fever
  • gm1 gangliosidosis
  • hirschsprung disease
  • holt-oram syndrome
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • inclusion body myositis
  • kabuki syndrome
  • kallmann syndrome
  • kindler syndrome
  • krabbe disease
  • locked-in syndrome
  • monosomy 21
  • neuralgic amyotrophy
  • oculocutaneous albinism
  • oligodontia
  • omenn syndrome
  • oral submucous fibrosis
  • papillon-lefèvre syndrome
  • phenylketonuria
  • primary effusion lymphoma
  • primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  • proteus syndrome
  • pyomyositis
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • scrub typhus
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • sneddon syndrome
  • systemic capillary leak syndrome
  • thoracic outlet syndrome
  • triple a syndrome
  • typhoid
  • von hippel-lindau disease
  • wiskott-aldrich syndrome
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome

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