Diabetes mellitus and the skin

Adriana Lucia Mendes; Helio Amante Miot; Vidal Haddad Junior

doi:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175514

Diabetes mellitus and the skin

An Bras Dermatol. 2017 Jan-Feb;92(1):8-20. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175514.

Authors

Adriana Lucia Mendes¹, Helio Amante Miot², Vidal Haddad Junior²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) - Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
² Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) -Botucatu (SP), Brazil.

Abstract

Several dermatoses are routinely associated with diabetes mellitus, especially in patients with chronic disease. This relationship can be easily proven in some skin disorders, but it is not so clear in others. Dermatoses such necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, acanthosis nigricans and others are discussed in this text, with an emphasis on proven link with the diabetes or not, disease identification and treatment strategy used to control those dermatoses and diabetes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acanthosis Nigricans / etiology
Acanthosis Nigricans / pathology
Diabetes Complications / complications*
Diabetes Mellitus*
Diabetic Foot / pathology
Granuloma Annulare / etiology
Granuloma Annulare / pathology
Humans
Necrobiosis Lipoidica / etiology
Necrobiosis Lipoidica / pathology
Psoriasis / etiology
Psoriasis / pathology
Skin Diseases / classification
Skin Diseases / etiology*
Skin Diseases / pathology
Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / etiology
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / pathology
Vitiligo / etiology
Vitiligo / pathology