Acanthosis nigricans with severe obesity, insulin resistance and hypothyroidism: Improvement by diet control

Authors
Kuroki, R Sadamoto, Y Imamura, M Abe, Y Higuchi, K Kato, K Koga, T Furue, M
Citation
R. Kuroki et al., Acanthosis nigricans with severe obesity, insulin resistance and hypothyroidism: Improvement by diet control, DERMATOLOGY, 198(2), 1999, pp. 164-166
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology
Journal title
DERMATOLOGY
ISSN journal
10188665 → ACNP
Volume
198
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
164 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1999)198:2<164:ANWSOI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report on a 27-year-old man with acanthosis nigricans (AN) associated wi th severe obesity, insulin resistance and hypothyroidism, A very low-calory diet treatment decreased his weight and then ameliorated the insulin-resis tant state. These effects were followed by remarkable improvement of the AN prior to the correction of the hypothyroidism, This confirms that AN may b e mainly attributed to insulin resistance rather than hypothyroidism per se .