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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 722-725 |
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Acanthosis nigricans associated with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
Gautam K Singh1, Debraj Sen2, DS Mulajker3, MS Suresh4
1 Department of Dermatology, Graded Specialist (Derm & Ven), Command Hospital Eastern Command, Kolkata, India
2 Graded Specialist (Radiodiagnosis),153 General Hospital; C/O 56 APO, India
3 Graded Specialist (Internal Medicine), 153 General Hospital; C/O 56 APO, India
4 Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital Airforce, Bangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
Gautam K Singh
Graded Specialist (Derm & Ven), Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital Eastern Command, Kolkata-27
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.91837
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An elderly man from the region of Ladakh presented with recurrent episodes of lower respiratory tract infection, rapidly progressive Acanthosis nigricans, Acanthosis palmaris and plantar keratoderma. Detailed investigations revealed underlying metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. This case is being reported for its rarity in the literature. |
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