Open AccessFacial acanthosis nigricans: A morphological marker of metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Saumya Panda,
Anupam Das,
Koushik Lahiri,
Manas Chatterjee,
Tanmay Padhi,
Sahaj Rathi,
Sandipan Dhar,
Nilendu Sarma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/ijd.ijd_545_17
Subject(s) - acanthosis nigricans , medicine , body mass index , waist–hip ratio , metabolic syndrome , diabetes mellitus , waist , type 2 diabetes mellitus , insulin resistance , family history , insulin , endocrinology , obesity
Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a frequently encountered entity. Facial AN (FAN) is a subset of AN which is being increasingly recognized. Recently, reports hypothesizing the association of FAN with features of metabolic syndrome have been published.