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Pediatric‐onset necrobiosis lipoidica
Author(s) -
Nascimento João,
Machado Susana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/ped.12872
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , center (category theory) , crystallography , chemistry
A 14-year-old boy with a 9year history of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM; HbA1c, 8.0–11.5%) presented with symmetric pre-tibial red-brown plaques with well-defined borders (Fig. 1) that had lasted for 6months. He denied itch, pain or a previous traumatic event, and noted that the skin lesions had started as small papules (<0.5 cm). Skin biopsywas performed and histopathology indicated extensive necrotic areas of collagen degeneration in the dermis with palisaded