Absence of Subcutaneous Fat Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch Syndrome

Mainly characterized by congenital absence of subcutaneous fat tissue, this child is very similar to four patients reported earlier and recognized as representing a newly [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abnormal findings included a generalized virtual absence of subcutaneous fat, sparse scalp hair, prominence of veins and muscles, a large and persistent anterior fontanelle [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Our two patients had characteristic features of WRS, including intrauterine growth retardation, aged appearance, near absence of subcutaneous fat, gluteal fat pads, also labial [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy Type 4

[…] of subcutaneous fat.[8] CGL3 patients have serum creatine kinase concentrations much higher than normal (2.5 to 10 times the normal limit). [en.wikipedia.org]

Generalized lipodystrophy syndrome is the association of acanthosis nigricans (AN) with the generalized complete absence of subcutaneous fat and the presence of muscle hypertrophy [emedicine.medscape.com]

[…] of subcutaneous fat and muscular hypertrophy.[4] Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in four genes are associated with the four subtypes of CGL.[2] The condition [en.wikipedia.org]

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Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy Type 1

[…] of subcutaneous fat.[8] CGL3 patients have serum creatine kinase concentrations much higher than normal (2.5 to 10 times the normal limit). [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] of subcutaneous fat, muscular hypertrophy, generalized hypertrichosis, and progressively increasing abdominal size, since 4 months of her age. [ijpd.in]

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Familial Partial Lipodystrophy

Absence of subcutaneous fat from the upper and lower extremities during childhood or puberty. [manbironline.com]

Thin wrinkles of skin under the buttocks confirm the absence of subcutaneous fat. [doi.org]

In this Loss of fat is limited to the extremities with normal amounts of fat in the face and normal or even excess fat in the truncal area. [manbironline.com]

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Lipodystrophy

[…] lipodystrophy [ lip″o-dis tro-fe ] 1. any disturbance of fat metabolism. 2. a group of conditions due to defective metabolism of fat, resulting in absence of subcutaneous [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

[…] of subcutaneous fat. [care.diabetesjournals.org]

(See Atlas 2, Part F.) congenital generalized lipodystrophy an autosomal recessive condition marked by the virtual absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue, large body size, [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy

[…] of subcutaneous fat. [8] CGL3 patients have serum creatine kinase concentrations much higher than normal (2.5 to 10 times the normal limit). [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] of subcutaneous fat, muscular hypertrophy, generalized hypertrichosis, and progressively increasing abdominal size, since 4 months of her age. [ijpd.in]

Biopsy of the skin showed an absence of subcutaneous fat. Hyper-insulinaemia was noted 148.2 IU/ml (normal 3-35 IU/ml). [jpma.org.pk]

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Acquired Generalized Lipodystrophy

[…] of subcutaneous fat and the presence of muscle hypertrophy, hyperlipemia, diabetes mellitus, and hepatosplenomegaly with cirrhosis. [epathologies.com]

[…] of subcutaneous fat, muscular hypertrophy, generalized hypertrichosis, and progressively increasing abdominal size, since 4 months of her age. [ijpd.in]

[…] of subcutaneous fat (Figure 1) [ 2 ]. [omicsonline.org]

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Acquired Partial Lipodystrophy

[…] of subcutaneous fat (Figure 1) [ 2 ]. [omicsonline.org]

[…] of adipose tissue in the upper part of the body,' and then as segmental atrophy of the subcutaneous fat layer by Barraquer [8] in 1907, and as 'lipodystrofia progressiva' [arthritisresearch.us]

The abnormal fat repartition was in conformity with the essential criterion proposed by Misra et al. [12]: with gradual symmetrical subcutaneous fat loss from the face, neck [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Progeria

She died 7 hours after birth and presented with intrauterine growth retardation, premature aging, absence of subcutaneous fat, brachydactyly, absent nipples, hypoplastic external [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is clinically characterised by postnatal growth retardation, midface hypoplasia, micrognathia, premature atherosclerosis, absence of subcutaneous fat, alopecia and generalised [eurasnet.info]

[…] of subcutaneous fat Absent fat below the skin Lack of fatty tissue below the skin [ more ] 0007485 Autosomal dominant inheritance 0000006 Autosomal recessive inheritance [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

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Insulin Resistance

The absence of subcutaneous fat tissue from upper and lower extremities and an extremely muscular appearance commencing in adolescence was the essential criterion for a definitive [doi.org]

Patients with FPLD are born with normal fat distribution, but then lose subcutaneous fat from their extremities, trunk and gluteal region after the onset of puberty ( 1 – [doi.org]

[…] partial lipodystrophy (FPLD; OMIM 151660) is a rare autosomal dominant disease, which is part of a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by complete or partial absence [doi.org]

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Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy Type 2

[…] of subcutaneous fat, muscular hypertrophy, generalized hypertrichosis, and progressively increasing abdominal size, since 4 months of her age. [ijpd.in]

[…] of subcutaneous fat.[8] CGL3 patients have serum creatine kinase concentrations much higher than normal (2.5 to 10 times the normal limit). [en.wikipedia.org]

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Werner Syndrome

Werner Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder associated with premature aging. Symptoms generally manifest during the third decade of life and consist of several pathologies, typically observed in much older people. Severe atherosclerosis and cancer are two of these symptoms and the most common causes of death. WS[…] [symptoma.com]

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Streptococcus Pyogenes

Extensive necrosis, vascular degeneration, bacterial spread, and a paucity or complete absence of PMNs were observed in the subcutaneous fat‐connective tissue and skeletal [doi.org]

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Acanthosis Nigricans

Both syndromes involve the complete absence of subcutaneous fat causing extreme insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism. [clinicaladvisor.com]

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Poland Syndrome

[…] of subcutaneous fat and axillary hair Absence of the sternal head of the pectoralis major muscle May also include absence of adjacent muscles such as pectoralis minor (common [learningradiology.com]

[…] be present, which include: Shortened ribs The absence of subcutaneous fat from under the skin, which make the ribs prominent and noticeable Breast and nipple abnormalities [dovemed.com]

[…] are rarely present in the same patient, but include Ipsilateral breast and nipple hypoplasia and/or aplasia Involved nipple is smaller and higher than normal Deficiency or absence [learningradiology.com]

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Subcutaneous Abscess

These include: Hidradenitis suppurativa Acne conglobata and acne fulminans Crohn skin disease Panniculitis (inflamed subcutaneous fat) What tests should be done? [dermnetnz.org]

Certain inflammatory skin diseases may cause tissue destruction and abscess formation, in the absence of pathogens (infectious microbes). [dermnetnz.org]

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Proteus

[…] of fat, overgrowth of fat in the posterior/anterior body wall or un subcutaneous fat of the extremities vascular malformations: capillary, venous or lymphatic Less common [radiopaedia.org]

[…] gigantism limbs vertebrae calvarial thickening rarely: external auditory meatus, viscera (spleen, kidney, thymus) macrodactyly dysregulation of adipose tissue: lipoma, regional absence [radiopaedia.org]

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Pseudomonas

fat. [nejm.org]

Extravasated erythrocytes were present in the dermis in the absence of vasculitis. [nejm.org]

[…] staining of the specimen with hematoxylin and eosin revealed intense perivascular, interstitial, and periadnexal infiltration of neutrophils that extended to the lobules of subcutaneous [nejm.org]

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Diabetic Enteropathy

while, abnormal joint in a diabetic foot, preservation of subcutaneous fat, absence of soft-tissue/joint fluid collection, presence of subchondral cysts and intra-articular [jpma.org.pk]

On MRI, replacement of soft tissue fat, extensive or diffuse marrow oedema, joint effusion, enhancement and erosion support osteomyelitis superimposed upon neuroarthropathy [jpma.org.pk]

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Erythema Nodosum

Erythema nodosum represents an inflammatory process involving the septa between subcutaneous fat lobules, with an absence of vasculitis and the presence of radial granulomas [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Spigelian Hernia

The diagnosis is trickier in obese patients wherein the hernia sac may lie in an intraparietal plane, masked by the abdominal subcutaneous fat. [causapedia.com]

It is small hernias and hernial orifices that are overlooked because they are masked by the subcutaneous fat and an intact external aponeurosis. [vdocuments.site]

The preoperative diagnosis of Spigelian hernias is often difficult because the absence of classical symptoms and owing to its peculiar anatomic location. [causapedia.com]

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Skeletal Dysplasia

[…] of subcutaneous fat. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] skeletal dysplasia caused by accelerated endochondral ossification resulting in cartilage hyperplasia of the skull base and spine, and postnatal gigantism; and complete absence [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Gingival Fibromatosis-Progressive Deafness Syndrome

[…] of subcutaneous fat Absence of pubertal development Bilateral coxa valga Reticulated skin pigmentation Hypoplastic facial bones Sinus tachycardia Mitral valve calcification [mendelian.co]

[…] flexion contracture Macule Osteoma Glioma Increased circulating cortisol level Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis Persistence of primary teeth Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the earlobes Absence [mendelian.co]

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Gynecomastia

To differentiate gynaecomastia from pseudogynaecomastia, the subareolar tissue is compared with adjacent subcutaneous fat in the anterior axillary fold. [doi.org]

Gynaecomastia must be differentiated from lipomastia or pseudogynaecomastia, which is characterized by an increase in subareolar fat alone in the absence of glandular enlargement [doi.org]

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Retractile Mesenteritis

Moreover, the unique cutaneous predominance of subcutaneous woody sclerosis with fat necrosis mitigates against a diagnosis of any one of the previously recognized cutaneous [jamanetwork.com]

The absence of plasma cells in the inflammatory infiltrate distinguishes this case from other sclerosing disorders in masquerade, such as postirradiation pseudosclerodermatous [jamanetwork.com]

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Chondromalacia Patellae

Measurement of subcutaneous knee fat thickness was obtained on the medial aspect of the knee. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the correlation between subcutaneous fat thickness around the knee joint on axial MRIs as a surrogate marker of obesity, with the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] presence or absence of chondromalacia patellae. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Insulin-Resistance Syndrome Type B

On examination, her BMI was 23.7kg/m 2 and there was an absence of subcutaneous fat on her limbs and trunk, and reduced breast tissue. [practicaldiabetes.com]

Skeletal muscles and peripheral veins are particularly prominent due to the paucity of subcutaneous fat. [diapedia.org]

Congenital generalised lipodystrophy (CGL), also known as Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL) is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by a generalized absence [diapedia.org]

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Discoid Lupus Erythematosus

Acquired partial lipodystrophy is a rare disorder, and it is characterized by the absence of subcutaneous fat from the face, the neck, the trunk, and the upper extremities [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Panniculitis

In contrast, lipodystrophy means an absence of subcutaneous fat with no evidence of inflammation and often the process is associated with endocrinologic, metabolic, or autoimmune [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] tissue, presence or absence of fat necrosis, type of necrosis, presence or absence of vascular changes, and presence or absence of associated findings (e.g., hemorrhage, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lipoatrophy refers to a loss of subcutaneous fat due to a previous inflammatory process involving the subcutis, and it may be the late-stage lesion of several types of panniculitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Spastic Paraparesis-Deafness Syndrome

Those affected appear muscular due to absence of subcutaneous fat, and have prominent jaws and orbital ridges together with large hands and feet. [diapedia.org]

The condition is characterized by hypertriglyceridaemia and ectopic deposition of fat in the liver, causing steatosis, and in the heart, causing cardiomyopathy. [diapedia.org]

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