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Lipoatrophia semicircularis, also known as semicircular lipoatrophy, [1] is a medical condition in humans, commonly known as ribbed thighs. It consists of a semicircular zone of atrophy of the subcutaneous fatty tissue located mostly on the front of the thighs. Skin and underlying muscles remains intact.
Lipoatrophy is most commonly seen in patients treated with thymidine analogues and other older HIV drug treatments such as the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [NRTIs] [9] like zidovudine (AZT) and stavudine (d4T). [10] Other lipodystrophies manifest as lipid redistribution, with excess, or lack of, fat in various regions of the body ...
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.
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Like every pelvic-area muscle, the gluteus maximus muscle originates from the pelvis; nonetheless, it is the sole pelvic muscle not inserted to the trochanter (head of the femur), and is approximately aligned to the femur and the fascia lata (the deep fascia of the thigh); the tissues of the gluteus maximus muscle cover only the rear, lateral ...
It's supposed to go in the thigh muscle. Please don't try to copy that John Travolta/Uma Thurman scene from Pulp Fiction. A single shot from an epinephrine injector doesn't bring full recovery in ...
Why Does Ozempic Cause Muscle Loss? When you reduce your body weight, an estimated 20 to 40 percent of the total lost is lean mass. The remaining 60 to 80 percent is fat mass. Clinical trials have ...
In a sense, the "opposite" of injection site lipohypertrophy is injection site lipoatrophy, in which the subcutaneous fat around an injected area "melts away" over a few weeks or months, leaving unsightly, well-demarcated depressions in the skin. The mechanism of this local lipoatrophy is not understood and may involve autoimmunity or local ...