Dermopathy, Diabetic, Pretibial Patches, Pigmented - DermAtlas

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Eric Ehrsam, MD

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dermopathy, diabetic pretibial patches, pigmented

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shin leg leg

Age

59 years

Pigmentation

medium

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 59-year-old diabetic man was evaluated for a chronic hyperpigmented depressed eruption on his shins . Although this dermatosis is not specific of diabetes, it is probably the most common finding in the skin of diabetics. These pigmented pretibial patches may be a marker for underlying cutaneous microangiopathy and similar lesions in the vessels of other tissues and organs..

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symmetric pink and brown-bronze atrophic shiny patches

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11/5/2006 13:48:15

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