Acanthosis Nigricans Associated with Morbid Obesity and Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

J. Li; A. Yazdabadi; R. Sinclair

doi:10.1155/2012/545247

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine (Jan 2012)

Acanthosis Nigricans Associated with Morbid Obesity and Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

J. Li,
A. Yazdabadi,
R. Sinclair

Affiliations

J. Li: Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
A. Yazdabadi: Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
R. Sinclair: Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/545247
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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We report a case of a morbidly obese 32-year-old man presenting with acanthosis nigricans in the setting of Duke's B adenocarcinoma of the hepatic flexure.

Published in Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6463 (Print); 2090-6471 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dermatology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/8513

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