Ghanei Nerges; Shafihosseini Mitra; Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Ardakani; Reza Bidaki
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Lymphangioma circumscriptum is a rare benign lymphatic malformation, clinically characterized by clusters of translucent vesicles. Uncommon manifestations such as verruciform or zosteriform have also been reported in the literature, yet eczematous-like presentation is extremely rare. The present study ...
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Lymphangioma circumscriptum is a rare benign lymphatic malformation, clinically characterized by clusters of translucent vesicles. Uncommon manifestations such as verruciform or zosteriform have also been reported in the literature, yet eczematous-like presentation is extremely rare. The present study describes the case of a young woman with a 16-year history of an exudative eczematous-like plaque, mistreated as dermatitis which converted to a semi vesicular lesion during the treatment of super infection and was later diagnosed as lymphangioma circumscriptum by histopathology study. It is suggested that since lymphangioma circumscriptum may resemble other diseases such as dermatitis, histology, as the gold standard for diagnosis, should not be forgotten in the clinical context of this entity.
Leila Nabai; Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Ardakani; Mohammad Shahidi Dadras; Soheila Nasiri
Volume 10, Issue 1 , 2007, , Pages 32-36
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Background and aim: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease with multiple complications. Skin tag is a pedunculated papule, which is more common in women and has been suggested as a cutaneous marker of diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of diabetes mellitus in patients ...
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Background and aim: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease with multiple complications. Skin tag is a pedunculated papule, which is more common in women and has been suggested as a cutaneous marker of diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of diabetes mellitus in patients with skin tags.Materials and methods: This descriptive study was done on 100 patients with skin tags. The investigation included fasting blood sugar (FBS) and glucose tolerance test (GTT).Results: 66 patients had normal FBS, 27 had diabetes mellitus, 5 had impaired GTT and 2 had impaired fasting glucose. Over all, 34 had abnormal glucose metabolism, 7 were unaware of their metabolic abnormality. Among 40 hospitalized patients 50% had abnormal glucose metabolism meanwhile 23.3% of 60 outpatients had this abnormality (p<0.01). No association was seen between BMI, obesity, gender, location and number of skin tags with abnormal metabolism of glucose.Conclusion: It is recommended to consider skin tags as a cutaceous marker for abnormality of glucose metabolism.