DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i03.012

Pages: 241-242

Acral vascular syndrome is the translation of a general or locoregional pathology. It is associated with atherosclerotic, thromboembolic, or connective tissue diseases. Less often, it can be related to malignancy. However, the etiological assessmentshould not delay the treatment in order to preserve functional prognosis. We present the case of a patient with paraneoplastic acral vascular syndrome as an initial manifestation of lung cancer. In the absence of an identifiable iatrogenic cause, occupational diseases, atherosclerosis or systemic disease, digital necrosis should alert the examiner to search for a neoplastic etiology namely a solid cancer or haemopathy.