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J. M. HITCH, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(3):536-543.

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Descriptions of an apparently new dermatosis intimately associated with diabetes mellitus were first published separately by Oppenheim¹ and Urbach² in 1932. Since those original, extensive investigations into the clinical manifestations and histologic picture, several other cases have been presented, and the descriptive name of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (dermatitis atrophicans lipoidica diabeticorum—Oppenheim) has been generally used in the literature.

In all, I have been able to find fourteen³ reported cases. Some of these have formed the basis for more or less complete discussion of the condition or some of its phases, while others simply have been presented at various dermatologic meetings. Oppenheim,¹ Urbach,² Galewsky,⁴ Gottron⁵ and Balbi⁶ each have reported one case. Two cases each have been discussed in papers by Zeisler and Caro⁷ and Michelson and Laymon.^8a The remaining five cases were presented at meetings and have not yet been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
UNIVERSITY, VA.

From the service of Drs. H. N. Cole and J. R. Driver, Division of Dermatology, City Hospital, Cleveland, and the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

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