Facial lipohypertrophy in HIV-infected subjects who underwent autologous fat tissue transplantation.

Giovanni Guaraldi, Domenico De Fazio, Gabriella Orlando, Rita Murri, Albert Wu, Pietro Guaraldi, Roberto Esposito

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Abstract

Of 41 HIV-infected patients with facial lipoatrophy who underwent autologous fat transplantation, disfiguring facial lipohypertrophy at the graft site occurred at the same time as recurrent fat accumulation at the tissue harvest site in 4 patients who had had fat transferred from the dorsocervical fat pad or from subcutaneous abdominal tissue.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e13-15
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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