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Familial non-diabetic necrobiosis lipoidica
K K Ho1, S O'Loughlin, F C Powell
1Regional Centre of Dermatology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
The Australasian Journal of Dermatology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a cutaneous disorder with distinctive clinical and morphologic characteristics. It is associated with diabetes mellitus in two thirds of cases. The aetiology and pathogenesis of NL are unknown but familial cases of NL seem to be extremely rare. We report the occurrence of NL in two sisters with normal glucose tolerance.