title: Diabetes mellitus and the skin.
abstract: Several dermatoses are routinely associated with diabetes mellitus, especially in patients with chronic disease. This relationship can be easily proven in some skin disorders, but it is not so clear in others. Dermatoses such necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, acanthosis nigricans and others are discussed in this text, with an emphasis on proven link with the diabetes or not, disease identification and treatment strategy used to control those dermatoses and diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) - Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Lucia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) -Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Helio Amante
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Miot
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) -Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Vidal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Haddad
mesh_terms: D000052:Acanthosis Nigricans / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000473:pathology; D016460:Granuloma Annulare / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009335:Necrobiosis Lipoidica / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012875:Skin Diseases, Metabolic; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology