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  2. Lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Endocrinology. Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of genetic or acquired disorders in which the body is unable to produce and maintain healthy fat tissue. [1][2] The medical condition is characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue. A more specific term, lipoatrophy (from Greek lipo 'fat' and dystrophy ...

  3. Acquired generalized lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Acquired generalized lipodystrophy (AGL), also known as Lawrence syndrome[1] and Lawrence–Seip syndrome, [1] is a rare skin condition that appears during childhood or adolescence, characterized by fat loss affecting large areas of the body, particularly the face, arms, and legs. [2]: 496 There are four types of lipodystrophy based on its ...

  4. Congenital generalized lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which manifests with insulin resistance, absence of subcutaneous fat and muscular hypertrophy. [5] Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in four genes are associated with the four subtypes of CGL. [3] The condition appears in early childhood with ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Dunnigan familial partial lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy, also known as FPLD Type II and abbreviated as (FPLD2), is a rare monogenic form of insulin resistance characterized by loss of subcutaneous fat from the extremities, trunk, and gluteal region. FPLD recapitulates the main metabolic attributes of the insulin resistance syndrome, including central ...

  7. HIV-associated lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Presentation. HIV-associated lipodystrophy commonly presents with fat loss in face, buttocks, arms and legs. [citation needed] There is also fat accumulation in various body parts. Patients often present with "buffalo hump"-like fat deposits in their upper backs. Breast size of patients (both male and female) tends to increase.

  8. Marfan syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multi-systemic genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue. [6][7][1] Those with the condition tend to be tall and thin, with long arms, legs, fingers, and toes. [1] They also typically have exceptionally flexible joints and abnormally curved spines. [1]

  9. 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.