Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum

Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum of the Scalp: A Case Report

Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (NLD) is a rare chronic and granulomatous skin disorder that affects 0.3% of diabetic patients. Although the etiology and pathogenesis of NLD is still contraversial, it is thought that microangipathy has an important role. The legs are the most common site for NLD, but involvement of other areas such as the abdomen, upper extremities and scalp have been report...

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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...

HLA antigens and necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum--a comparison between insulin-dependent diabetics with and without necrobiosis.

To investigate whether HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DR alloantigen frequencies are different in diabetic patients with and without necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum we studied 37 insulin-dependent (Type I) diabetics, 15 with and 22 without necrobiosis, and 96 normal control subjects. Compared to controls Type I diabetics had increased frequencies of B8, CW3, and DR4 and decreased frequencies of DR5 and...

Scald-Induced Necrobiosis Lipoidica in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus and Psoriasis

The Koebner phenomenon (KP) was first introduced by Heinrich Koebner in the 1870s to describe the appearance of psoriatic lesions following trauma in psoriasis patients. KP has since been defined in numerous diseases, including necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (NLD). Since most Koebnerized dermatological lesions can localise to a site of previous trauma, Weiss et al. (Eur Acad Dermatol Venere...