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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

acanthosis nigricans

Body Site

arm

Age

19 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric intertrigenous (creases)

Comments

This healthy 15 year old boy developed asymptomatic velvety thickening and hyperpigmentation of the flexural creases and over bony prominences of the hands and feet typical of acanthosis nigricans.

Description

symmetric velvety thickening and hyperpigmentation

Categories

hyperpigmentation papulosquamous eruptions

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6/23/2002 13:10:49

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