Deepika, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Parminder Singh, Monika.
Pattern of dermatological diseases in patients of diabetes mellitus.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;26(3):214-8.

Objective: To analyze the pattern of diabetic dermatoses in patients of diabetes mellitus. Methods: Five hundred consenting patients of diabetes mellitus attending the Outpatient Department of Dermatology and Endocrinology and the patients admitted in these departments were included in the study. Results: Among 500 patients, 62.2% (311) were males and 37.8% (189) were females. 475 (95%) patients were type 2 diabetics and 25 (5%) were type 1 diabetic. Cutaneous involvement was seen in 76.8% of patients with infections being the most common dermatoses seen in 221 (57.5%) of patient followed by skin tags (17.2%), acanthosis nigricans (10.9%), and generalized pruritus (9.4%). Conclusion: Skin involvement is quite common with varied manifestations in diabetes especially in type 2 diabetes and skin infections form a major chunk of dermatoses seen in diabetic patients.

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