ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS CAUSED BY NICOTINIC-ACID - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
STALS H VERCAMMEN C PEETERS C MORREN MA
Citation
H. Stals et al., ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS CAUSED BY NICOTINIC-ACID - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Dermatology, 189(2), 1994, pp. 203-206
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
189
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
203 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1994)189:2<203:ANCBN->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Drug-induced acanthosis nigricans has been reported in the literature. We present a patient with familial combined hyperlipidemia who develo ped nicotinic-acid-induced acanthosis nigricans. The literature on the cutaneous side effects of nicotinic acid as well as on the medication s that can cause acanthosis nigricans is reviewed. Some hypotheses on the pathogenesis of nicotinic-acid-induced acanthosis are presented.