Malignant acanthosis nigricans as a paraneoplastic manifestation of metastatic breast cancer
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Acanthosis Nigricans – a Clinical Manifestation of a Gastric Cancer
Diffuse cutaneous hyperpigmentation may have various causes: endocrine, metabolic, autoimmune, melanosis secondary to metastatic melanoma, drug or heavy metal poisoning. A cause to remember is acanthosis nigricans, which, in the form of paraneoplastic syndrome may be the first or even the only clinical manifestation of a cancer. The most common cause of malignant acanthosis nigricans is the gas...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Women's Dermatology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2352-6475
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2019.03.002