Table 1. Syndromes associated with acanthosis nigricans[1, 4]
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Insulin Resistance Syndromes |
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Acral hypertrophy and muscle cramps[11] |
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Acromegaly[12, 13] |
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Alström syndrome[14] |
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Ataxia-telangiectasia (Louis-Bar syndrome)[15] |
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Cushing syndrome[16] |
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2[2, 7, 17] |
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Gonadal dysfunction[7] |
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Ovarian hyperthecosis[18] |
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS, Stein-Leventhal syndrome)[7] |
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Hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex, diabetes mellitus, and hypertrophy of the pineal body (Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome)[19] |
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Leprechaunism[20] |
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Lipodystrophy[21, 22] |
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Congenital lipodystrophic diabetes with acanthosis nigricans (Lawrence-Seip syndrome) |
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Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (Seip-Berardinelli syndrome) |
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Familial partial lipodystrophy (Kobberling-Dunnigan syndrome) |
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Mental retardation, overgrowth, remarkable faces, and acanthosis nigricans (MORFAN)[23] |
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Prader-Willi syndrome[24] |
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Type A syndrome (Hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, and AN syndrome, or HAIR-AN)[9] |
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Type B syndrome[8] |
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis |
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Scleroderma |
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Sjögren’s syndrome |
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Systemic lupus erythematosus[25] |
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Type C syndrome |
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Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Defect Syndromes |
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Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome[26] |
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Crouzon’s syndrome with acanthosis nigricans[27] |
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Severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans (SADDAN)[28] |
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Thanatophoric dysplasia[29, 30] |
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Other Associations |
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Benign encephalopathy[31] |
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia[32] |
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Costello syndrome[33, 34] |
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Hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson’s disease)[35] |
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Hirschowitz syndrome[1] |
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Hypothyroidism[36] |
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Kabuki syndrome[37] |
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Ichthyosis with hypogonadism (Rud’s syndrome)[38] |
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Primary biliary cirrhosis[39] |