Ulcerating Necrobiosis Lipoidica Effectively Treated with Pentoxifylline

Overview

Journal Clin Exp Dermatol

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Dermatology

Date 1993 Jan 1

PMID 8440063

Citations 6

Authors

K C Noz

M J Korstanje

B J Vermeer

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Abstract

A 30-year-old man had suffered from persistent ulceration within an area of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum for 13 months. The ulcerating necrobiosis lipoidica was resistant to topical therapy and oral therapy with acetylsalicylic acid. However, the ulcers healed completely within 8 weeks of administration of 400 mg pentoxifylline twice daily.

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