Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

LIPOMATOUS LESION PRESENTING AS A "BUFFALO HUMP": CONSIDER RETROVIRAL DISEASE!

Jashnani Kusum D, Shetty Jyothi B, Nichat Prachi

Abstract :

HIV associated lipodystrophy is a well-known complication and can present as lipohypertrophy or lipoatrophy.

Along with issues of cosmesis and stigmatization, a principal concern that arises with lipodystrophy is a possible risk

of accelerated atherosclerosis.

In the present report we studied the dorsocervical swellings in HIV infected patients by cytological examination and analysed the patient

characteristics and treatment details with regards to the swelling Presence of a dorsocervical swelling should prompt one to elicit history of

retroviral disease and antiretroviral therapy in the patient. Conversely, nape of neck swelling occurring in HIV infected patients is most likely

to be benign lipomatous lesion.

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Jashnani Kusum D, Shetty Jyothi B, Nichat Prachi, LIPOMATOUS LESION PRESENTING AS A , GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2018

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