Ulcerated Necrobiosis Lipoidica Treated with Cyclosporin A

Remission of Ulcerated Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum after Bariatric Surgery

A 32-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus suffering from morbid obesity with BMI 45,14 kg/m(2) was operated on. Not only the type 2DM but also one of its complication known as necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum remitted postoperatively. Obesity should no longer be regarded simply as a cosmetic problem affecting certain individuals but an epidemic that threatens global well-being. It cau...

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...

Ulcerated necrobiosis lipoidica to a teenager with diabetes mellitus and obesity.

Many skin lesions are associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 1 or 2, due to the use of antidiabetics or to metabolic and endocrine disorders caused by this disease. Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) occurs more frequently in patients with DM. Painful ulcerations may occur on NL areas in about 20-25% of the cases and usually they are related to trauma. We present the case of a teenager, male, 17-y...

Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum.