Remission of ulcerated necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum after bariatric surgery.

Abstract

A 32-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus suffering from morbid obesity with BMI 45,14 kg/m(2) was operated on. Not only the type 2DM but also one of its complication known as necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum remitted postoperatively. Obesity should no longer be regarded simply as a cosmetic problem affecting certain individuals but an epidemic that threatens global well-being. It causes or exacerbates many health problems, and in particular, it is associated with the type 2 diabetes. Necrobiosis lipoidica is a granulomatous skin disease of unknown etiology, associated mainly with diabetes mellitus. We presented in this paper a morbid obese case of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum with dramatic good response to bariatric surgery.

• Authors: Suleyman Bozkurt, Halil Coskun, Huseyin Kadioglu, Naim Memmi, Gokhan Cipe, Yeliz Emine Ersoy, Banu Lebe, Mahmut Muslumanoglu
• Journal: Case reports in dermatological medicine (Case Rep Dermatol Med) Vol. 2013 Pg. 352579 ( 2013) ISSN: 2090-6463 [Print] United States
• PMID: 23762652 (Publication Type: Journal Article)