From: Relapsing insulin-induced lipoatrophy, cured by prolonged low-dose oral prednisone: a case report
Previous reports, author | Reeves[1] | Jermendy[5] | Lopez[10] | Chantelau[3] | present case |
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cases,n | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
Skin: | |||||
immunofluorescence staining* | positive | negative | not analysed | negative | not analysed |
mononuclear cell infiltration | mild | none | not analysed | mild | not analysed |
Subcutaneous tissue: | |||||
fat tissue atrophy | present | absent? | present | present | present |
focal fibrosis | absent? | absent? | present | present | present |
lipoblast-like adipocytes | absent | present | absent | absent | absent |
capillary proliferation | absent | present | absent | absent | absent |
immunofluorescence staining* | not analysed | not analysed | negative | negative | not analysed |
lymphocyte infiltration | absent | not analysed | mild | mild | not analysed |
eosinophils infiltration | absent | not analysed | present | absent | not analysed |
mast cells infiltration | absent | not analysed | present | absent | not analysed |