admin | January 25, 2016 | Health |
If you have noticed this phenomenon on your body, make sure to see your doctor as soon as possible!
Acanthosis is a skin disease that is characterized by hyperpigmentation and hyperkeratosis on skin and it is followed by a rough and wrinkled skin.
Many of you probably will not react to these changes on the skin, although you definitely should, because these are the symptoms of a very wicked disease.
Namely, there are two types of acanthosis: benign and malignant.
Malignant acanthosis
Malignant acanthosis mainly occurs in tumors of the abdominal cavity, then in 60 percent of cases with adenocarcinoma of the stomach, in 30 percent of cases with intestinal adenocarcinoma and in 10 percent of cases with gallbladder cancer and hepatocellular tumors.
In addition, malignant acanthosis is also present in breast cancer, lung cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other conditions.
Benign acanthosis
Benign acanthosis usually occurs as a complication of type 2 diabetes in obese patients and in the case of hyperinsulinism.
If you have noticed this phenomenon on your body, make sure to see your doctor as soon as possible!