Diabetic dermopathy (Pigmented pretibial patches of diabetes mellitus)
Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? What you should be alert for in the history Characteristic findings on physical examination Diabetic dermopathy presents as brown or pink well-demarcated macules or flat-topped papules on the bilateral pretibial areas of patients with diabetes mellitus. Typically, the lesions are round or oval and are less than 1cm in…