Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa is a rare cutaneous paraneoplastic disease characterized by the presence of excessive lanugo-type hair on the glabrous skin of face, neck, trunk and limbs that can be associated with additional clinical features such as burning glossitis, papillary hypertrophy of the tongue, diarrhea, dysgeusia, and/or weight loss. It is associated with lymphoma or cancer of the gastrointestinal system, urinary tract, lung, breast, uterus or ovary.
Comprehensive, easy-to-understand information about this condition
Checking for content...
hypertrichosis of eyelid
MONDO:0001334
gingival fibromatosis-hypertrichosis syndrome
MONDO:0007610
hypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome
MONDO:0007693
cataract-hypertrichosis-intellectual disability syndrome
MONDO:0008894
cervical hypertrichosis-peripheral neuropathy syndrome
MONDO:0009405
Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
MONDO:0009874