- Malignant Acanthosis Nigricans Associated with Stomach Adenocarcinoma.
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Young Hee Jee, Eun Joo Seo, Mi Kyung Hur, Chin Hee Cho, Sun Moo Kim
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Korean J Cytopathol. 1985;19(1):88-91.
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- Malignant acanthosis nigricans is very rare disease. The disease is related with internal malignancy, especially gastrointestinal tract malignancy. Reported occurrence rate of malignant acanthosis nigricans associated internal malignancies are 64% of stomach adenocarcinoma, 27% of other organs of abdomen (liver, gall bladder, small intestine, rectum, uterus, ovary), 9% of non-abdominal organs(breast, lung). We report a case of malignant acanthosis nigricans associated with stomach adenocarcinoma from 20-year-old female and discuss review of literature on a acanthosis nigricans briefly.
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