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Abstract
Necrobiosis lipoidica is a rare skin disease most often seen in diabetics. The diagnosis may be difficult. The lesions are frequently mistaken for granuloma annulare, granuloma multiforme, rheumatoid nodules, xanthelasmata and Miescher's granulomatosis disciformis (Muller and
Muller and Winkelmann, 1966
; Beare and Wilson Jones, 1972
). The lesions are usually encountered on the legs and the trunk. This paper reports a patient with recurrent histologically proven necrobiosis lipoidica affecting the eyelids, associated with other typical lesions elsewhere on the body.Reference
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© 1980 The Trustees of British Association of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
