Cutaneous manifestations in children with diabetes mellitus and obesity

Obesity and diabetes are chronic diseases that affect people all over the world, and their incidence is increasing in both children and adults. Clinically, they affect a number of organs, including the skin. The cutaneous manifestations caused or aggravated by obesity and diabetes are varied and usu...

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Published inActas dermo-sifiliográficas (English ed.) Vol. 105; no. 6; pp. 546 - 557
Main Authors Baselga Torres, E, Torres-Pradilla, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published Spain 01.07.2014
Subjects
Child
Diabetes Complications - complications
Humans
Pediatric Obesity - complications
Skin Diseases - etiology
Obesidad
Obesity
Niños
Revisión
Cutáneo
Skin
Children
Diabetes
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Summary:Obesity and diabetes are chronic diseases that affect people all over the world, and their incidence is increasing in both children and adults. Clinically, they affect a number of organs, including the skin. The cutaneous manifestations caused or aggravated by obesity and diabetes are varied and usually bear some relation to the time that has elapsed since the onset of the disease. They include soft fibromas, acanthosis nigricans, striae, xerosis, keratosis pilaris, plantar hyperkeratosis, fungal and bacterial skin infections, granuloma annulare, necrobiosis lipoidica, psoriasis, and atopic dermatitis. In this review article we present the skin changes found in children with diabetes mellitus and obesity and related syndromes and highlight the importance of the skin as a tool for establishing clinical suspicion and early diagnosis of systemic disease.
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ISSN:2173-5778
1578-2190
DOI:10.1016/j.ad.2013.11.014