Acanthosis nigricans with Severe Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Hypothyroidism: Improvement by Diet Control

Acanthosis nigricans with Severe Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Hypothyroidism: Improvement by Diet Control

We report on a 27-year-old man with acanthosis nigricans (AN) associated with severe obesity, insulin resistance and hypothyroidism. A very low-calory diet treatment decreased his weight and then ameliorated the insulin-resistant state. These effects were followed by remarkable improvement of the AN...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dermatology (Basel) 1999-01, Vol.198 (2), p.164-166
Hauptverfasser: Kuroki, R., Sadamoto, Y., Imamura, M., Abe, Y., Higuchi, K., Kato, K., Koga, T., Furue, M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acanthosis Nigricans - complications
Acanthosis Nigricans - pathology
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Case Report
Chronic Disease
Dermatology
Diet, Reducing
Humans
Hypothyroidism - complications
Hypothyroidism - drug therapy
Insulin Resistance
Male
Medical sciences
Obesity - complications
Obesity - diet therapy
Obesity - metabolism
Pigmentary diseases of the skin
Skin - pathology
Thyroiditis - complications
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Zusammenfassung:We report on a 27-year-old man with acanthosis nigricans (AN) associated with severe obesity, insulin resistance and hypothyroidism. A very low-calory diet treatment decreased his weight and then ameliorated the insulin-resistant state. These effects were followed by remarkable improvement of the AN prior to the correction of the hypothyroidism. This confirms that AN may be mainly attributed to insulin resistance rather than hypothyroidism per se.
ISSN:1018-8665
1421-9832
DOI:10.1159/000018096