Acanthosis nigricans as an adverse effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy in an adolescent girl with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Antonio Mur, Veronica Seidel, María Ángeles López-Vilchez, Mariona Bonet, Montserrat Gilaberte

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Abstract

We report an 11-year-old girl with acanthosis nigricans that appeared after 4 years of treatment with didanosine, stavudine and amprenavir. Laboratory studies showed hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia and hypertriglyceridemia. Withdrawal of amprenavir resulted in disappearance of acanthosis nigricans and improvement of metabolic abnormalities. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)742-743
JournalPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume24
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2005

Keywords

  • acanthosis nigricans
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection

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