Nekrobiosis Lipoidica in a Pediatric Patient
IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, vol.11, no.1, pp.113-116, 2021 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 11 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2021
- Doi Number: 10.5222/buchd.2021.15493
- Journal Name: IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.113-116
- Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Necrobiosis lipoidica is a rare chronic granulomatous disease that has historically been associated with diabetes mellitus, but recently it is thought to be secondary to microangiopathic changes. We report a necrobiosis lipoidica case of a five-year-old girl with diabetes since the age of two, because it is exceptionally unusual in pediatric diabetes. Necrobiosis lipoidica should be considered in pediatric patients with slowly expanded erythematous plaques and patches. This will help protect the patient from other important diabetic microangiopathic complications, such as nepropathy and retinopathy and also malignant progression, such as squamous cell carcinoma.