ICD-11 definition : A condition commonly seen in association with longstanding diabetes mellitus, particularly
in association with renal failure, in which multiple large follicular and non-follicular
keratotic papules develop on the trunk and limbs. Trauma from scratching pruritic
skin may be the initiating event leading to transepidermal elimination of degenerate
collagen and elastic fibres from the dermis.;
A condition commonly seen in association with longstanding diabetes mellitus, particularly
in association with renal failure, in which multiple large follicular and non-follicular
keratotic papules develop on the trunk and limbs. Trauma from scratching pruritic
skin may be the initiating event leading to transepidermal elimination of degenerate
collagen and elastic fibres from the dermis.