
News|Articles|May 1, 2002
Diabetes Complications: Diabetic Dermopathy
Author(s)Norman Levine, MD
Numerous brown spots on the leg of a man with longstandingdiabetes are diabetic dermopathy. This is amicroangiopathy of the small arterioles of the legs, whichresults in atrophic brown papules.
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Numerous brown spots on the leg of a man with longstandingdiabetes are diabetic dermopathy. This is amicroangiopathy of the small arterioles of the legs, whichresults in atrophic brown papules.(Case and photograph courtesy of Norman Levine, MD.)
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