Korean J Pathol.  1985 Mar;19(1):88-91.

Malignant Acanthosis Nigricans Associated with Stomach Adenocarcinoma

• Jee YH
• Seo EJ
• Hur MK
• Cho CH
• Kim SM

Abstract

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.

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Adenocarcinoma