Manifestaciones cutáneas secundarias al síndrome metabólico en pacientes del Club de Diabéticos del Hospital IESS Riobamba. Enero-junio 2014.

Abstract

Research work of non-experimental, transversal and descriptive design, to determine secundary cutáneos manifestations to metabolic síndrome in patients of the diabetes club from IESS HOSPITAL IN Riobamba. A simple of 200 cases was analyzed, but the study was carried out with only 89 patients who have the condition of Metabolic Syndrome, getting so the following results: Skin xerosis 51,7% acrochordons 20,2%, acantosis nigricans 11,2%, a low 5,5% of xantosis and xantelesma, 1,1% come from exruptive xantomas and 2,1% corresponds to diabetic blisters. The most common localization was on the face to 7,9%: 24,7% i son the neck, 1,1% on the arms, 5,6% on hands, 51,7% on arms and legs: 2,2% on legs and 6,7% in other regions like the armpits. According to the cutaneous mnifestations and their localizations, from the 89 cases, xantosis was localized on the hands of 5 patients, xantelesma was evidenced on the face of 7 patients, eruptive xantomas was evidenced on the arm of the patient, acantosi nigricans on the neck and armpits of 10 patients, 18 patients, showed achocordones localized on the neck, two patients had diabetic blisters on the legs and 46 patients have skin xerosis on arms and legs.