Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Acanthosis nigricans is a skin disease characterised by symmetric velvety hyperpigmented, verrucous plaques of the intertriginous surfaces of the axilla, neck, inframammary, and mucocutaneous regions. Malignant acanthosis nigricans is a paraneoplastic phenomenon most commonly associated with gastric adenocarcinoma. Tripe palms, florid cutaneous papillomatosis and oral involvement along with generalised acanthosis nigricans are the features which are highly suggestive of internal malignancy. This case report describes a rare case of a patient who presented with combination of malignant acanthosis nigricans, tripe palms, florid cutaneous papillomatosis and oral involvement associated with undifferentiated malignant neoplasm of hepatic bile ducts.
Authors: Muhammad Rizwan, Nadia Iftikhar, Tariq Sarfraz, Obed Ullah
Institutions: Pakistan Army, Military Hospital, Army Medical College
Language: English
Topic: Skin Diseases and Diabetes
Subfield: Dermatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2971199826