Paraneoplastic motor neuronopathy and malignant acanthosis nigricans

Malignant acanthosis nigricans: an early diagnostic clue.

Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is characterized by velvety, hyperpigmented, verrucous, symmetric and occasionally pruritic plaques along with papillomatous lesions which have a special predilection for neck, axillae, groin, umbilicu and mucosal regions. Rarely, it presents as a paraneoplastic syndrome and prompts a thorough search for an internal malignancy. We present here a case of malignant acant...

Malignant acanthosis nigricans in adrenal carcinoma.

Malignant Acanthosis Nigricans Associated with Ovarian Cancer

Malignant acanthosis nigricans is a cutaneous eruption characterized by symmetric hyperpigmented hyperkeratosis, dermal papillomatosis, and mucosal involvement associated with internal malignancies. Tripe palms refers to a characteristic velvety thickening of the palms, with exaggeration of normal skin markings. We present the second case of ovarian cancer in association with two coexisting par...

Paraneoplastic type of acanthosis nigricans in patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.

UNLABELLED Paraneoplastic acanthosis nigricans is connected with malignancies in adults in almost 100% of cases. The typical skin changes include: thickening and hyperpigmentation in typical localization with mucocutaneous involvement. PURPOSE The authors report a case of a malignant type of acanthosis nigricans in 42-year-old female patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. CASE REPORT First ...

[Acanthosis nigricans].

Acanthosis nigricans is thickened, velvety, hyperpigmented skin associated with a variety of endocrine disorders, malignancies and medications.