Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine

M. S. Stone and T. L. Ray

Necrobiosis

Altered collagen that loses its normal eosinophilic coloration and fibrillar appearance, becoming slightly bluish and "smudged".
Example of Necrobiosis in Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum (NLD).

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September, 1995

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