Insulin-induced localized lipoatrophy

Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2013 Dec;22(4):83-5.

Abstract

Insulin lipoatrophy is a rare immunologic cutaneous complication in diabetes mellitus that presents with localized subcutaneous fat atrophy at the insulin injection site. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus that developed localized lipoatrophy on the abdomen after 6 years of therapy with the insulin analogues detemir and aspart.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Wall
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Insulin / administration & dosage
  • Insulin / adverse effects*
  • Lipodystrophy / chemically induced*
  • Lipodystrophy / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Insulin