ULCERATION IN NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA - A CASE-REPORT AND STUDY

Authors
DWYER CM DICK D
Citation
Cm. Dwyer et D. Dick, ULCERATION IN NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA - A CASE-REPORT AND STUDY, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 18(4), 1993, pp. 366-369
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
366 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1993)18:4<366:UINL-A>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A case of aggressive ulceration of necrobiosis lipoidica was successfu lly treated with oral prednisolone. A retrospective study of 23 cases of necrobiosis lipoidica revealed a 13% incidence of ulceration. The p athogenesis, clinical features and treatment of ulceration in necrobio sis lipoidica are discussed.