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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 59
| Issue : 1 | Page : 56-57 |
Erythema ab igne of shins: A kerosene stove-induced prototype in diabetics
Y Milgrom1, T Sabag1, A Zlotogorski2, SN Heyman1
1 Department of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospitals, Jerusalem, Israel
2 Department of Dermatology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospitals, Jerusalem, Israel
Correspondence Address:
S N Heyman
Department of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospitals, Jerusalem
Israel
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.109498
A patient with erythema ab igne of shins is presented, caused by repeated thermal injury induced by a heating stove placed between the knees. This injury pattern has been repeatedly identified in diabetic patients involved in similar heating practice, underscoring a possible predisposition related to diabetic neuropathy.
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