Unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans: Uncommon variant of a common disease

Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a fairly common dermatosis characterized by hyperpigmented velvety plaques, having a predilection for the intertriginous areas. We herein present a case of unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans over the left lateral chest, in an adult male. The rarity of documentation o...

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Autores principales: Das, Anupam, Bhattacharya, Sabari, Kumar, Piyush, Gayen, Tirthankar, Roy, Kunal, Das, Nilay K., Gharami, Ramesh C.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25506563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.144529
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author Das, Anupam
Bhattacharya, Sabari
Kumar, Piyush
Gayen, Tirthankar
Roy, Kunal
Das, Nilay K.
Gharami, Ramesh C.
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Bhattacharya, Sabari
Kumar, Piyush
Gayen, Tirthankar
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description Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a fairly common dermatosis characterized by hyperpigmented velvety plaques, having a predilection for the intertriginous areas. We herein present a case of unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans over the left lateral chest, in an adult male. The rarity of documentation of this entity in the world literature prompted us to report the case.
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spelling pubmed-42529502014-12-12 Unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans: Uncommon variant of a common disease Das, Anupam Bhattacharya, Sabari Kumar, Piyush Gayen, Tirthankar Roy, Kunal Das, Nilay K. Gharami, Ramesh C. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a fairly common dermatosis characterized by hyperpigmented velvety plaques, having a predilection for the intertriginous areas. We herein present a case of unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans over the left lateral chest, in an adult male. The rarity of documentation of this entity in the world literature prompted us to report the case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4252950/ /pubmed/25506563 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.144529 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gharami, Ramesh C.
Unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans: Uncommon variant of a common disease
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title_full Unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans: Uncommon variant of a common disease
title_fullStr Unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans: Uncommon variant of a common disease
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral nevoid acanthosis nigricans: Uncommon variant of a common disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252950/
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