Synonym(s)
acanthosis nigricans juvenilis; pseudoacanthosis nigricans
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Name for all benign non-paraneoplastic forms of acanthosis nigricans. See classification under Acanthosis nigricans.
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There are extensive, mostly blurred, dirty-brown spots that change into very flat plaques. Typical is a leathery, in the intertriginous zones (axillae, groin regions, also neck and neck regions) also verrucous surface of the plaques. Complaints are generally not present. In the intertriginous areas there is a danger of microbial colonization, which causes an unpleasant mouldy foetus.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
According to the pseudoacanthosis nigricans
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