
HAIR-AN Syndrome Associated with Scleroderma (Pages 7-9)
Belma Türsen1, Yavuz Gözükara2, Bilal Bulut3, Tamer İrfan Kaya3 and Ümit Türsen3
1Department of Dermatology, Mersin State Hospital, Mersin, Turkey; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Mersin State Hospital, Mersin, Turkey; 3Department of Dermatology, Mersin University, School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2310-9874.2015.03.01.3
Abstract: The HAIR-AN syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder in women, that consists of hyperandrogenism (HA), insulin resistance (IR) and acanthosis nigricans (AN). The IR is likely due to a primary defect of the insulin receptor. We report the case of a 25-year-old Caucasian woman with HAIR-AN syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), mild hyperlipemia, and hypertension, associated with sclerodermatous skin changes on the extremities and trunk. Though scleroderma may coexist with other autoimmune diseases, its presentation with HAIR-AN syndrome has not yet been described.
Keywords: HAIR-AN, syndrome, scleroderma. Read more