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ea0041ep329 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ECE2016

Improvement of glucose metabolism by pioglitazone in a patient with lipoatrophic diabetes, increased plasma leptin and adiponectin levels, and subcutaneous axillary lipomas

Sugano Hisashi , Tuchiyama Yoshinori , Junichi Fukata

Introduction: Generalized lipodystrophies are rare disorders characterized by almost total loss of adipose tissue, and they are often accompanied by metabolic complications such as severe insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia, and fatty liver.Case report: We diagnosed a 17-year-old woman whose subcutaneous adipose tissue began to decrease in her late elementary school days with the acquired and generalized types of idiopathic lipoat...