Involutional lipoatrophy

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Involutional lipoatrophy
Hypopigmented, and depressed atrophic patch on right buttock.
SpecialtyDermatology

Involutional lipoatrophy is a cutaneous condition, and is an idiopathic lipoatrophy characterized clinically by non-inflammatory focal loss of fat.[1]

Idiopathic localized involutional lipoatrophy (ILIL) is a rare and nosologically imprecise condition characterized by a focal loss of subcutaneous tissue on one or several sites, occurring without any significant triggering factor or auto-immune background, and regressing spontaneously within a few months.[2]

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References

  1. Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
  2. Cendras, J.; Durand, L.; Dereure, O. (2007). "Idiopathic Localized Involutional Lipoatrophy: A Lupus Profunds-like Condition". Acta Dermato-Venereologica. 87 (6): 546–7. doi:10.2340/00015555-0300. PMID 17989899.