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Title: Cutaneous Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Zamaz Wahid , Anjum Kanjee
Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.
Country: Pakistan
Year: 1998
Volume: 48
Issue: 10
Language: English
Abstract
Of 100 cases of diabetes mellitus examined for cutaneous findings 82% showed cutaneous lesions. Infection (49%) was the most common finding followed by involvement of foot (30%). High incidence of vitiligo (10%) and localized anogenital pruritus (19%) was an unusual feature. Some of the cutaneous markers of diabetes mellitus like necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, diabetic bullae, acquired perforating dermatoses and scieredema were not seen in this study
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