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
The subcutaneous tissue (), also called the hypodermis, hypoderm (), subcutis, superficial fascia, is the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates. The types of cells found in the layer are fibroblasts, adipose cells, and mac ...
on one or several sites, occurring without any significant triggering factor or auto-immune background, and regressing spontaneously within a few months.
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Lipoatrophia annularis
Lipoatrophia annularis is a skin condition affecting primarily women, characterized by the loss of subcutaneous fat in the upper extremity.Ferreira-Marques J. Lipoatrophia annularis. Arch Dermatol Syphilis 1953; 195: 479-91.
It is a form of li ...
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List of cutaneous conditions
Many skin conditions affect the human integumentary system—the organ system covering the entire surface of the body and composed of skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands. The major function of this system is as a barrier agai ...
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Conditions of the subcutaneous fat
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