DIABETIC DERMOPATHY
DIABETIC DERMOPATHY ICD-10: E14:560
• Circumscribed, atrophic, slightly depressed lesions on the anterior lower legs that are asymptomatic (Fig. 15-3).
• They arise in crops and gradually resolve, but new lesions appear and occasionally may ulcerate.
• The pathogenic significance of diabetic dermopathy remains to be established, but it is often accompanied by microangiopathy.
FIGURE 15-3 • Diabetic dermopathy A crusted erosion at the site of traumatic injury and many old pink depressed areas and scars are seen on the anterior leg of a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus. Identical findings were on the other leg.