Necrobiosis lipoidica--involvement of atypical sites.
Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) has distinctive clinical and histological appearances. The legs are the commonest site of involvement, and 85% of cases involve the legs exclusively. We describe a patient in whom NL did not involve the legs, but was found to occur on unusual areas: the back and nipple. This is possibly the first report of NL affecting the nipple.
Kavanagh
G M
GM
Department of Dermatology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.
Novelli
M
M
Hartog
M
M
Kennedy
C T
CT
D000328:Adult; D001415:Back; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009335:Necrobiosis Lipoidica / Q000473:pathology*; D009558:Nipples / Q000473:pathology*