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Necrobiosis Lipoidica Associated With Köbner's Phenomenon in a Patient With Diabetes
Cutis. 2001 February;67(2):158-160
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Ghate JV, Williford PM, Sane DC, Hitchcock MG
Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a granulomatous disease that usually presents on the lower extremities of patients with diabetes mellitus. We present a rare case of NL köbnerizing in a surgical scar on the upper extremity of a patient with diabetes. NL is generally refractory to treatment.