Two cases of idiopathic localized involutional lipoatrophy

Ann Dermatol. 2010 Aug;22(3):346-8. doi: 10.5021/ad.2010.22.3.346. Epub 2010 Aug 5.

Abstract

Localized involutional lipoatrophy (LIL) is a rare distinctive idiopathic form of localized lipoatrophy. The characteristic features in histopathology of LIL are diminutive fat lobules composed of small adipocyte resembling fetal fat tissue. LIL is not a well-known disorder, there have been only a few reports on LIL in the English literature. We herein report 2 cases of LIL and review the previously published cases.

Keywords: Idiopathic; Involutional; Lipoatrophy; Localized.

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