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Necrobiosis lipoidica: only a minority of patients have diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Edel A. O’Toole,
Úna Kennedy,
Jacky Nolan,
Melodie Young,
S. Rogers,
Louise Barnes
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02663.x
Subject(s) - necrobiosis lipoidica , medicine , diabetes mellitus , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , retrospective cohort study , surgery , endocrinology
Although it is commonly accepted that necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is associated with diabetes mellitus (DM), there is some controversy regarding the degree of this association. In a retrospective review of 65 patients with NL attending our dermatology out‐patient clinics we found that just seven (11%) were known to have DM at the time of presentation. Seven further patients (11%) were diagnosed as having impaired glucose tolerance/DM at presentation and over a 15‐year follow‐up period. Thus, only a minority of our patients with NL had DM.