Clearance of acanthosis nigricans associated with insulinoma following surgical resection
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S Ghosh1, B Roychowdhury, S Mukhopadhyay
1Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Calcutta, India. drsujoyghosh@rediffmail.com
QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians
|August 2, 2008
Abstract:
Acanthosis nigricans is said to be a marker of insulin resistance. It is known to occur in patients with insulinoma where there is marked hyperinsulinaemia. We report a case wherein the acanthosis disappeared following surgical resection of insulinoma and this strengthens the hypothesis that hyperinsulinaemia is responsible for acanthosis.
