Cross sectional search for skin lesions in 118 diabetic patients]

Thirty percent of patients with diabetes mellitus have some skin lesion that is directly related to the disease or caused by infections, complications or treatments used.To determine the frequency and type of skin lesions in diabetic patients.Cross sectional examination of 26 patients with type 1 diabetes, 75 patients with type 2 diabetes and 17 patients with gestational diabetes. A complete skin physical examination and a direct mycological examination and culture when Onychomycosis was suspected, were performed.In 56% of patients, diabetes lasted more than 10 years and 52% had some complication of the disease. A mean of 1.4+/-0.1 skin lesions per patient was found among subjects with type 1 or 2 diabetes. No skin lesion was found in patients with gestational diabetes. The lesions found were Onychomycosis in 27%, diabetic dermatopathy in 17%, macroangiopathy in 15%, tine a corporis in 14% and neurosis in 14%.Onychomycosis is the most commonly found skin lesion in diabetic patient.