[Erythema necroticans migrans without glucagonoma].

Necrolytic migratory erythema is considered to be one of five well-defined paraneoplastic syndromes of the skin. An association with a pancreatic A-cell glucagonoma is commonly postulated. However, during the last years 10 cases of necrolytic migratory erythema with no evidence for glucagonoma have been published. We report on a 59-year-old woman who presented with typical clinical and histological findings of necrolytic migratory erythema. Staging and laboratory investigations gave no evidence of any neoplasia. A liver biopsy revealed chronic persisting hepatitis. Hepatocellular dysfunction was recently reported to be present concomitantly in a number of cases of necrolytic migratory erythema, suggesting a relation to the skin changes described here.