A Case of Gastric Cancer with Malignant Acanthosis Nigricans.
10.2185/jjrm.51.41
- VernacularTitle:胃癌を合併した悪性黒色表皮腫の１例
- Author:
Takayuki NAGAI
;
Ryutaro TORISHIMA
;
Hiroshi NAKASHIMA
;
Hisanori ABE
;
Hiromoto MIZOGUCHI
;
Hiroshi OOKAWARA
;
Yutaka FUJITOMI
;
Mitsunobu AKASHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2002;51(1):41-46
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A 60-year-old woman visited our hospital, complaining of hyperpigmentation and itching of the skin. The case was histologically diagnosed as acanthosis nigricans by skin biopsies. It is usually associated with malignancies, of which gastric cancer is by far the most common. Upper endoscopy revealed advanced gastric cancer (Borrmann type 3). Total gastrectomy was performed, but the patient died of peritonitis carcinomatosa 21 months after resection. It is important to examine the upper GI tract periodically when acanthosis nigricans is present from the early stage.
