acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa
Findings
No curated finding names acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016380), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
18 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal eyebrow morphologyHPOHP:0000534
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal eyelid morphologyHPOHP:0000492
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Fine hairHPOHP:0002213
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Generalized hirsutismHPOHP:0002230
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Hypopigmentation of hairHPOHP:0005599
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- NeoplasmHPOHP:0002664
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
Show the remaining 6
- Neoplasm of the breastHPOHP:0100013
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Neoplasm of the respiratory systemHPOHP:0100606
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Ovarian neoplasmHPOHP:0100615
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Poor appetiteHPOHP:0004396
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Thickened skinHPOHP:0001072
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Weight lossHPOHP:0001824
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
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