Necrobiosis-Lipoidica-Like Skin Manifestation in Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis (Liebow)

Abstract

A 58-year-old man developed 3 indurative erythematous lesions like necrobiosis lipoidica on the right lower leg. He had had similar cutaneous lesions 1.5 years previously. These had been surgically excised, and a histologic diagnosis of necrobiosis lipoidica was made at another hospital. He was diagnosed as having lymphomatoid granulomatosis by lung biopsy in our hospital. Nasal involvement was confirmed in later examinations and the skin lesions were also considered to be the cutaneous manifestation of lymphomatoid granulomatosis. This outlines that cutaneous manifestations may allow early diagnosis of lymphomatoid granulomatosis.