Treatment of necrobiosis lipoidica with intra-lesional glucocorticoid

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2018.185

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus, necrobiosis lipoidica, complications, skin, steroids

Abstract

N/A (Case Report)

Author Biographies

Stephanie Louise Ball, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Dermatology ST6 Registrar

Nicola Jane Salmon, ST5 Dermatology Registrar

ST5 Dermatology Registrar

Michael J Tidman, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Consultant Dermatologist

References

Reid SD, Ladizinski B, Lee K, Baibergenova A, Alavi A. Update on necrobiosis lipoidica: a review of aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment options. J Am Acad Dermatol 2013;69:783–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2013.05.034

Tidman MJ, Duncan C. The treatment of necrobiosis lipoidica. Br J Diabetes Vasc Dis 2005;5:37–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/14746514050050010701

Jiquan S, Khalaf AT, Jinquan T, Xiaoming L. Necrobiosis lipoidica: a case with histopathological findings revealed asteroid bodies and was successfully treated with dipyridamole plus intralesional triamcinolone. J Dermatol Treat 2008;19:54–7.

Abdulla FR, Sheth PB. A case of perforating necrobiosis lipoidica in an African American female. Dermatology Online Journal 2008; 14(7):10.

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Published

2018-09-30

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018): July / August / September 2018

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Letters to the editor

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