Cutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases - diabetic ulcers
Description
- Diabetes produces a spectrum of cutaneous markers beyond the foot ulcer - recognising them can flag undiagnosed diabetes or poor glycaemic control
- The neuropathic (diabetic foot) ulcer itself - painless, pressure-point, callused - is covered in full in neuropathic ulcers (offloading, infection, amputation risk); this note covers the wider cutaneous picture
- Key entities: necrobiosis lipoidica, diabetic dermopathy, acanthosis nigricans, bullosis diabeticorum, scleredema diabeticorum, and increased susceptibility to skin infection
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