Korean J Pathol.  1985 Jun;19(2):236-237.

Lipodystrophia Centrifugalis Abdominalis Infantilis: A case report

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  • 1Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Han Yang University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Han Yang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Lipodystrophia centrifugalis abdominalis infantilis, an typical form of progressive lipodystrophy, is a disease mainly decribed in japanese infants. We report a case of lipodystrophia centrifugalis abdominals infantilis in Korean infant. The patient is a 2 year-old-girl with a coin sized well defined depressed lesion with surrounding redness and scaly changes in the right inguinal region. The skin from the depressed lesion revealed changes similar to those originally described by Imamura et al.


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Infant
Male
Female
Humans
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