Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Patients With Necrobiosis Lipoidica With or Without Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare granulomatous condition. Current knowledge of its key features is based on a limited number of studies and case reports, leading to wide variability in the characterization of its defining features, with limited comparison of patients with or without diabetes.

Objective

To evaluate the epidemiologic characteristics, clinical features, and disease associations of NL in patients with or without type 1 or 2 diabetes.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter retrospective review included 236 patients aged 15 to 84 years who were evaluated and received a diagnosis of NL at the University of Pennsylvania Health System between January 1, 2008, and July 15, 2018; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics between January

SUBMITTER: Hashemi DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6523472 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature