Short report
Clearance of acanthosis nigricans associated with the HAIR-AN
syndrome after partial pancreatectomy: an 11-year follow-up
S L E Pfeifera, R M Wilsonb, D J Gawkrodgera
a Royal Hallamshire
Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
Department of Dermatology, b Department of
Diabetic Medicine
Correspondence to: Dr D J Gawkrodger
Accepted 4 January 1999
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.
Keywords: acanthosis nigricans; insulinoma; HAIR-AN syndrome; hyperinsulinaemia
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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