AN UNUSUAL CASE OF ACQUIRED PARTIAL LIPODYSTROPHY PRESENTING WITH ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS

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Kutbay N. O., Yurekli B. S., Yasar Z., AKINCI B.

ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST, vol.15, no.1, pp.129-130, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Letter
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.4183/aeb.2019.129
  • Journal Name: ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.129-130
  • Keywords: Acquired partial lipodystrophy, insulin resistance, diabetes
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

About 250 patients with acquired partial lipodystrophy (Barraquer-Simons) syndrome have been reported so far. It is characterized by the loss of adipose tissue from the face and upper extremities, and accumulated fat in the rest of the body. The disease usually starts in females during childhood or adolescence, and usually after a febrile illness. Fat loss often comes into view in months or years. We present a 23-year-old female patient with acquired partial lipodystrophy, which is rarely seen.