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Diabetic dermopathy: A skin condition characteristic of diabetes involving light brown or reddish oval or round scaly patches, most often on the shins or front of the thighs and less often on the scalp, forearm and trunk.
The cause of diabetic dermopathy is thought to be a type of angiitis (vascular inflammation) affecting small blood vessels in the skin. There is no known effective treatment. The patches tend to go away after a few years.
The patches are also called shin spots. They appear sometimes in nondiabetics after trauma.
Diabetic Dermopathy: Condition information and pictures for adults - Overview. Diabetic dermopathy, also known as shin spots or pigmented pretibial patches, is a skin ...
Diabetic Dermopathy is very common for people with diabetes. Come learn what the causes and symptoms are and how best to treat the condition.
Diabetic dermopathy is a skin condition characterised by light brown or reddish, oval or round, slightly indented scaly patches most often appearing on the shins.
Diabetic dermopathy is sometimes referred to as shin spots or pigmented dark patches.
Diabetic Dermopathy: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a heterogenous group of metabolic disorders characterized by elevated serum glucose levels resulting from defects in ...