LESER-TRELAT SIGN

Course overview

THE SIGN OF LESER-TRELAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FAIRLY RARE PARANEOPLASTIC CUTANEOUS MARKER OF INTERNAL MALIGNANCY WITH THE HALLMARK FINDING BEING AN ABRUPT ERUPTION OF MULTIPLE SEBORRHEIC KERATOSES. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO STANDARDIZED OR QUANTIFIED DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA DEFINING THE SIGN OF LESER-TRELAT, BUT INSTEAD, THE COLLOQUIAL DEFINITION INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND/OR SIZE OF THE SEBORRHEIC KERATOSES. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PRESENTATION OF THE LESER TRELAT SIGN, ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.