Diabetes mellitus is associated with following cutaneous manifestation
- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum is characterised by papulonodular lesions enlarging to form brownish yellow plaques with waxy surface over the front of legs.
- Diabetic dermopathy are dull red, oval, flat-topped papules over both legs
- Diabetic bullae are seen the over legs, hands and feet bilaterally and healing with atrophic scars.
- Diabetic rubeosis is the flushed skin of face.
- Scleredema diabeticorum is a diffuse, waxy nonpitting induration_of skin particularly over back of the neck and upper trunk
- Carotenoderma is the yellowish tint of skin due to deposition of carotene
- Granuloma annulare is characterised by the papular lesion over central areas of body and flexures of neck, arm and thigh.
- Infections like furuncle, carbuncle, candidalparonychia, balanoposthitis, intertrigo, recurrent dermatophytosis are common in diabetic patients
