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Lipodystrophy

Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of genetic or acquired disorders in which the body is unable to produce and maintain healthy fat tissue. The medical condition is characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Bernardinelli-Seip syndrome
Congenital total lipodystrophy
Lipoatrophic diabetes
Lipoid diabetes
May Cause
Advanced bone age
Advanced mastoid pneumatization
Arterial calcification
Bilateral large kidneys
Cirrhosis
Clitoromegaly
Congenital hepatomegaly
Congenital splenomegaly
Congenital widespread osteosclerosis
Corneal abnormality
Cortical bone thickening
Deafness
Decreased subcutaneous fat
Dense or thick skull
Diabetes mellitus
Epiphyseal necrosis
Fatty liver
Focally dense calvarium
Generalized large epiphyses
Gigantism
Hirsutism
Hyperechoic liver
Increased pneumatization of mastoids
Intracranial calcification
Large hands for age
Large penis
Lipoatrophy
Multiple osteosclerotic bone lesions
Muscle enlargement
Osteosclerosis
Ovarian cyst
Ovarian tumor
Premature aging
Skin pigment abnormality
Slender tubular long bones
Thick skull
May Be Caused by
Fontaine-Farriaux syndrome
Lipodystrophy - intellectual deficit - deafness
Mandibuloacral dysplasia

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