1036 Necrobiosis lipoidica histopathology & inflammatory composition

Necrobiosis lipoidica and inflammatory eye disease

Skin and ocular inflammation can co-exist in several inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, Wegener’s granulomatosis and polyarteritis nodosa. We report a case of non-diabetic necrobiosis lipoidica in whom periods of skin inflammation were associated with exacerbations of ocular inflammation in the form of intermediate uveitis and retinal vasculitis over 20 years. In...

Necrobiosis Lipoidica

Background: In 1929, Oppehhein first described necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum and called it dermatitis atrophicans lipoidica diabetica, but it was later renamed necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (NLD) by Urbach in 1932. In 1935, Goldsmith reported the first case in a nondiabetic patient. Other cases of NLD in nondiabetic patients were described by Meischer and Leder in 1948. Rollins and Wi...

Necrobiosis lipoidica

A 47-year-old woman reported an 18-month-old pretibial rash on her left shin during a routine office visit. She had a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and has been on insulin therapy for the past 13 years. She did not complain of any itching, pain, or bleeding from the rash. On examination, an 8 3 cm elongated indurated plaque with telangiectases, central atrophy, and yellow pigmentatio...

Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum.

Dermoscopy of Necrobiosis Lipoidica

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