Medical Term:

necrobiosis lipoidica

 

Definition: a condition, in many cases associated with diabetes, in which one or more yellow, atrophic, shiny lesions develop on the legs (typically pretibial); characterized histologically by indistinct areas of necrosis in the cutis.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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