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Involutional lipoatrophy

Medical condition

Summary

Medical condition

Field	Value
specialty	Dermatology

Involutional lipoatrophy is a cutaneous condition, and is an idiopathic lipoatrophy characterized clinically by non-inflammatory focal loss of fat.

Idiopathic localized involutional lipoatrophy (ILIL) is a rare and nosologically imprecise condition characterized by a focal loss of subcutaneous tissue on one or several sites, occurring without any significant triggering factor or auto-immune background, and regressing spontaneously within a few months.

References

Rapini, Ronald P.. (2007). "Dermatology: 2-Volume Set". Mosby.
(2007). "Idiopathic Localized Involutional Lipoatrophy: A Lupus Profunds-like Condition". Acta Dermato-Venereologica.

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conditions-of-the-subcutaneous-fat

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