definition
A degenerative disease of the dermal connective tissue characterized by the development of erythematous papules or nodules in the pretibial area. The papules form plaques covered with telangiectatic vessels. More than half of the affected patients have diabetes.
synonyms
Necrobiosis Lipoidica, Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum
UMLS
Appenheim's disease, Diabetic necrobiosis lipoidica, Disease, Oppenheim-Urbach, Disease, Urbach-Oppenheim, Lipoidica necrobiosis, Necrobiosis diabeticorum, Necrobiosis Lipoidica, Necrobiosis lipoidica diabetic, Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, Necrobiosis lipoidica, NOS, Necrobiosis, lipoidica, Necrobiosis, lipoidica, diabeticorum, NLD - Necrobios lipoid diabet, NLD - Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, OPPENHEIM-URBACH DISEASE