Abstract |
We describe a patient with insulin-dependent diabetes without vascular complications in whom scleredema was confined to the thighs. Electron microscopy demonstrated heterogeneity in both the size and density of the collagen fibrils and the presence of filamentous material between them.
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Authors | A M Farrell, A C Branfoot, J Moss, L Papadaki, D F Woodrow, C B Bunker |
Journal | The British journal of dermatology
(Br J Dermatol)
Vol. 134
Issue 6
Pg. 1113-5
(Jun 1996)
ISSN: 0007-0963 [Print] England |
PMID | 8763436
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
(complications)
- Humans
- Male
- Scleredema Adultorum
(etiology, pathology)
- Skin
(ultrastructure)
- Thigh
(pathology)
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