Remission of Ulcerated Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum after Bariatric Surgery

Abstract EN

A 32-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus suffering from morbid obesity with BMI 45,14 kg/m2 was operated on.

Not only the type 2DM but also one of its complication known as necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum remitted postoperatively.

Obesity should no longer be regarded simply as a cosmetic problem affecting certain individuals but an epidemic that threatens global well-being.

It causes or exacerbates many health problems, and in particular, it is associated with the type 2 diabetes.

Necrobiosis lipoidica is a granulomatous skin disease of unknown etiology, associated mainly with diabetes mellitus.

We presented in this paper a morbid obese case of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum with dramatic good response to bariatric surgery.