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  2. Panniculitis - Wikipedia

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    Panniculitis is a group of diseases whose hallmark is inflammation of subcutaneous adipose tissue (the fatty layer under the skin – panniculus adiposus). [1] Symptoms include tender skin nodules, and systemic signs such as weight loss and fatigue. Restated, an inflammatory disorder primarily localized in the subcutaneous fat is termed a ...

  3. Dercum's disease - Wikipedia

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    Dercum's disease is a rare condition characterized by multiple painful fatty tumors, called lipomas, that can grow anywhere in subcutaneous fat across the body. [1] Sometimes referred as adiposis dolorosa in medical literature, Dercum’s disease is more of a syndrome than a disease (because it has several clinically recognizable features, signs, and symptoms that are characteristic of it and ...

  4. Lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Lipodystrophy can appear as a lump or small dent in the skin that forms when a person performs injections repeatedly in the same spot. These types of lipodystrophies are harmless and can be avoided by changing (rotating) the locations of injections. For those with diabetes, using purified insulins and new needles with each injection may also help.

  5. 7 Causes of Belly Fat (& How to Reduce It) - AOL

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    4. Drink more water. Water can suppress your appetite, promote fat burn, and reduce your overall calorie intake. Drink when you feel thirsty and check that your pee is clear or light yellow to see ...

  6. Centrifugal lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Centrifugal lipodystrophy. Centrifugal lipodystrophy. Other names. Centrifugal abdominal lipodystrophy, Lipodystrophia centrifugalis abdominalis infantalis [1] Specialty. Dermatology. Centrifugal lipodystrophy is a skin condition characterized by areas of subcutaneous fat loss that slowly enlarge. [2]: 496–7.

  7. Localized lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Localized lipodystrophy. Specialty. Dermatology. Localized lipodystrophy is a skin condition characterized by the loss of subcutaneous fat localized to sites of insulin injection. [1]: 497.

  8. Lipoatrophy - Wikipedia

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    Lipoatrophy is the term describing the localized loss of fat tissue. This may occur as a result of subcutaneous injections of insulin in the treatment of diabetes, from the use of human growth hormone or from subcutaneous injections of copaxone used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. In the latter case, an injection may produce a small ...

  9. Familial partial lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Familial partial lipodystrophy, also known as Köbberling–Dunnigan syndrome, [2] is a rare genetic metabolic condition characterized by the loss of subcutaneous fat. [3]: 495. FPL also refers to a rare metabolic condition in which there is a loss of subcutaneous fat in the arms, legs and lower torso. The upper section of the body, face, neck ...