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A circumscribed melanosis consisting of a brown-pigmented, velvety verrucosity or fine papillomatosis appearing in the axillae and other body folds. It occurs in association with endocrine disorders, underlying malignancy, administration of certain drugs, or as in inherited disorder.
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- Acanthosis Nigrican
- Nigrican, Acanthosis
- Nigricans, Acanthosis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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a type of melanosis
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Acanthosis Nigricans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000052. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000052
- Acanthosis Nigricans. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthosis_nigricans
- Acanthosis Nigricans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q415833