[Paraneoplastic syndromes].

A paraneoplastic syndrome is a phenomenon or complex of symptoms that can occur with malignancy, without this being the result of tumour cells in the affected area. In this article, we describe the following paraneoplastic syndromes: thrombophlebitis migrans, clubbing, pemphigus, acanthosis nigricans, blue fingers, dermatomyositis, and myasthenia gravis.