Clearance of acanthosis nigricans associated with the HAIR-AN syndrome after partial pancreatectomy: an 11-year follow-up.

Abstract

We describe a woman with the syndrome characterised by hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans (the HAIR-AN syndrome), and an associated insulinoma (islet B-cell tumour), whose signs and symptoms cleared after partial pancreatectomy.

• Authors: S L Pfeifer, R M Wilson, D J Gawkrodger
• Journal: Postgraduate medical journal (Postgrad Med J) Vol. 75 Issue 885 Pg. 421-2 (Jul 1999) ISSN: 0032-5473 [Print] England
• PMID: 10474728 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acanthosis Nigricans (complications, surgery)
• Adolescent
• Female
• Humans
• Hyperandrogenism (complications, surgery)
• Insulin Resistance
• Insulinoma (complications, surgery)
• Pancreatectomy
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (complications, surgery)
• Syndrome
• Treatment Outcome