Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation with mucocutaneous pigmentation

Ko-Ichi Tada; Yuko Higashi; Youhei Uchida; Kazuhiro Kawai; Kumiko Nakao; Toshihiro Misono; Masahiro Shinmura; Takuro Kanekura

doi:10.1111/1346-8138.12982

Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation with mucocutaneous pigmentation

J Dermatol. 2015 Dec;42(12):1183-5. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.12982. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

Authors

Ko-Ichi Tada¹, Yuko Higashi¹, Youhei Uchida¹, Kazuhiro Kawai¹, Kumiko Nakao², Toshihiro Misono³, Masahiro Shinmura³, Takuro Kanekura¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
³ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.

PMID: 26077847
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12982

Abstract

Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation (BDUMP) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome associated with extraocular malignancies. Extraocular pigmented lesions have been reported. We report that two patients with BDUMP presented with non-ocular pigmented lesions.

Keywords: bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation; cancer; mucocutaneous; paraneoplastic syndrome; pigmentation; visual loss.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
Cell Proliferation
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Melanocytes / pathology
Middle Aged
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular / pathology*
Skin Pigmentation