Generalized Idiopathic Benign Acanthosis Nigricans in Childhood

Vol. 25 No. 3, 2013 375 Received April 26, 2012, Revised September 10, 2012, Accepted for publication October 11, 2012 Corresponding author: Elvira Moscarella, Dermatology and Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, 40122 Reggio Emilia, Italy. Tel: 39-0522295611, Fax: 39-0818993711, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. useful. Nuclear expression of TTF-1 is a characteristic of both primary lung cancer and thyroid cancer. We suggest that adenocarcinoma of the lung should be taken into consideration as a possible cause of inflammatory cutaneous metastasis.