Necrobiosis Lipoidica: Atypical Presentation in a Diabetic Girl.

Case Rep Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.

Published: November 2021

Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a chronic granulomatous idiopathic disorder. It usually presents as yellow-brown, atrophic, telangiectatic plaques with an elevated violaceous rim, typically in the pretibial region of both extremities with and without ulceration [1, 2]. There are few reported cases of childhood-onset NL in atypical locations. We report a case of type 1 diabetic 13-year-old girl who developed yellow atrophic plaque with telangiectasia on the extensor aspect of her upper arm.

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