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Yellow-brown, atrophic plaques surrounded by raised, violaceus rims on the right side of the lower abdomen (a); particular of the skin lesions (b).
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A 16-years-old girl, with type 1 diabetes diagnosed elsewhere in 2000, was brought to our Department for a first routine visit in 2006, during which two yellow-brown, atrophic plaques surrounded by raised, violaceus rims on the right side of the lower abdomen (0.79 x 0.2 in and 1.38 x 0.79 cm, resp.) (Figure 1) were observed.
Skin lesions typically appear on the legs (a); particular of the skin lesions (b).
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Several other plaques had been observed on both legs (Figure 2).