Recurrent necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum associated with venous insufficiency in an adolescent with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated long-term complications have become a significant health problem in adolescents. We report a 16-year-old girl with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus who had recurrent necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum associated with venous insufficiency.
Yigit
Sevket
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Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
Estrada
Elizabeth
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D000293:Adolescent; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D009335:Necrobiosis Lipoidica / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*