Abstract:An apparently new dermatosis, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, was first described in 1929 by Oppenheim.1 A diabetic patient had cutaneous lesions\p=m-\ flat, red papules with a yellowish center\p=m-\distributed over the legs. Biopsy revealed necrobiotic areas in the corium in which the elastic fibers were absent and the
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