Acanthosis nigricans as a paraneoplastic syndrome: Case reports and review of literature

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-183

  Krawczyk, Mirella ^a   Mykała Cieśla, Joanna ^a   Kołodziej Jaskuła, Aleksandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acanthosis nigricans malignant (ANM); Gastric cancer; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOPERABLE CANCER; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 64149128173     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.642     Document Type: Article

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