Buffalo hump and HIV-1 infection: Current concepts and treatment of a patient with the use of suction-assisted lipectomy
1999; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000220
ISSN2292-5511
AutoresWalter R. Peters, A. Phillips,
Tópico(s)Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
ResumoHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -1 infection, or its treatment with protease inhibitors, may be associated with abnormal fat deposition.One or more of several areas may be affected, including the dorsal-cervical fat pad ('buffalo hump'), abdominal region ('protease paunch', 'crixbelly'), breasts or as a generalized lipomatosis.Fat accumulation is most common in the dorsal cervical and the abdominal areas.Only a relatively small number of patients have been studied, therefore, the true incidence of this accumulation is not known.The present study describes an HIV-1-infected man who developed a very large buffalo hump after treatment with indinavir who was successfully treated using tumescent suction-assisted lipectomy.This is the first published report of a buffalo hump treated using this modality.
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