title: Remission of ulcerated necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum after bariatric surgery.
abstract: 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 causes or exacerbates many health problems, and in particular, it is associated with the type 2 diabetes. Necrobiosis lipoidica is a granulomatous skin disease of unknown etiology, associated mainly with diabetes mellitus. We presented in this paper a morbid obese case of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum with dramatic good response to bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Adnan Menderes Bulvari, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kadioglu
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Memmi
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cipe
authors.forename: Yeliz Emine
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebe
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muslumanoglu