Skin Care – Acanthosis Nigricans (II)

Posted by kiki | May 5th, 2010 in Acanthosis Nigricans, Skin Problems | No Comments »

Acanthosis NigricansTypes of acanthosis nigricans

Miescher syndrome: hereditary benign and may appear at birth or during adolescence. Early lesions may show unilateral.

Carteaud Gougerot syndrome: a benign and possibly inherited condition that affects young women.

Pseudoacanthosis nigricans: This is the most common type. It is a benign juvenile form associated with obesity and endocrine disorders.

Acanthosis evil: he named for the association with a highly aggressive internal malignancy and rapidly fatal course, particularly the gastrointestinal tract. The appearance of acanthosis nigricans to the search of a neoplasm, usually gastric in 69% of cases.

Hirschowitz syndrome: family comprises a complete deafness developed in childhood, a progressive demyelination of the peripheral sensory nerves, loss of antral motility and multiple diverticula in the ileum.

Syndromic Acanthosis nigricans: There are two types: A and B.

- Type A: appears in young women with signs of virilization or accelerated growth. It is also called HAIR-AN syndrome (hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans).

- Type B: Type B normally starts around age 40. The patients have acanthosis nigricans of varying severity. They showed an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, and in premenopausal women, an ovarian hyperandrogenism.


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