Breast augmentation in Familial Partial Lipodystrophy: a case report.

Abstract

Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (or Dunnigan-Kobberling syndrome) is characterised by the progressive loss of peripheral subcutaneous fat, with or without truncal involvement. The resultant physical changes in appearance may be dramatic, especially in women, and their psychological impact underestimated. There are limited reports regarding the role of reconstructive procedures to address the physical defects imposed by the various lipodystrophy syndromes, and much of the work to date has focused around facial lipoatrophy in patients with HIV-1 protease inhibitor induced disease. We, however, present a single case report pertaining to the role of breast augmentation in patients with truncal lipoatrophy, as in Familial Partial Lipodystrophy.

• Authors: Juliana M F Hughes, Christopher Stephen, Andrew B Johnson, Sherif Wilson
• Journal: Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS (J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg) Vol. 64 Issue 5 Pg. e121-4 (May 2011) ISSN: 1878-0539 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 21306965 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Female
• Humans
• Lipodystrophy, Familial Partial (surgery)
• Mammaplasty (methods)
• Skin Transplantation (methods)
• Subcutaneous Fat (transplantation)
• Transplantation, Autologous
• Young Adult