Thumpimukvatana Narumol, Wongpraparut Chanisada, Lim Henry W
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Dermatol. 2010 Dec;37(12):1036-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01014.x. Epub 2010 Sep 20.
Scleredema diabeticorum is an uncommon condition. It is one of the cutaneous manifestations in diabetes mellitus that mainly occurs in obese middle-aged men with insulin-resistant diabetes. This condition is generally recalcitrant to therapy. Various treatments have been tried with inconsistent results. Here, we describe two cases of scleredema diabeticorum with substantial clinical improvement from a course of medium dose (60 J/cm²) ultraviolet A1 radiation therapy.
糖尿病性硬皮病是一种罕见病症。它是糖尿病的皮肤表现之一,主要发生于患有胰岛素抵抗性糖尿病的肥胖中年男性。这种病症通常对治疗具有顽固性。人们尝试了各种治疗方法,但结果不一。在此,我们描述两例糖尿病性硬皮病患者,经一个疗程的中等剂量(60 J/cm²)紫外线A1照射治疗后临床症状有显著改善。