BACKGROUND: Necrobiosis lipoidica is a rare complication of diabetes mellitus.It 
is said to occur more often in people with diabetes,a family history of 
diabetes,tendency to develop diabetes mellitus and those with insulin dependent 
diabetes.
METHOD: We report an evaluated case of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum 
residing in the northern part of Nigeria.
RESULT: The patient was treated for 3 weeks in the hospital on admission and was 
followed up in the general-out-patient department (GOPD) and has been in good 
health.
AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To bring to the fore of clinicians this dermal complication 
of diabetes mellitus, the different medical treatments available and the medical 
treatment employed in our index patient.
CONCLUSION: That necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum does exist in our 
environment and requires a high index of suspicion and scrupplelousness in 
making the diagnosis and treating the patient.