Necrobiosis lipoidica associated with Köbner's phenomenon in a patient with diabetes.
Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a granulomatous disease that usually presents on the lower extremities of patients with diabetes mellitus. We present a rare case of NL köbnerizing in a surgical scar on the upper extremity of a patient with diabetes. NL is generally refractory to treatment.
Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
J V
JV
Ghate
P M
PM
Williford
D C
DC
Sane
M G
MG
Hitchcock
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D016110:Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009335:Necrobiosis Lipoidica / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology