Disseminated perforating necrobiosis lipoidica: A case report and literature review.

Mina Saber Fatemeh Mohaghegh Parisa Mohammadian

Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)

Perforating necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare NL variant that primarily affects patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Dermoscopy helps to differentiate this type of disease. The disseminated form of perforating NL mainly occurs in the setting of DM. Here we present a case of disseminated perforating NL in a 24-year-old woman with type 1 DM.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle